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Investigation of the porcine MUC13 gene: isolation, expression, polymorphisms and strong association with susceptibility to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F4ab/ac.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2008
Zhang B, Ren J, Yan X, Huang X, Ji H, Peng Q, Zhang Z, Huang L
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) F4ab and F4ac are major determinants of piglet diarrhoea. The locus for the ETEC F4ab/ac receptor has been mapped to SSC13q41. MUC13 is a transmembrane mucin expressed predominantly in the epithelial surface of the gastrointestinal tract and the MUC13 gene was assigned to SSC13q41, supporting it as a positional candidate gene for the ETEC F4ab/ac receptor. We herein...
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