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Distribution and origin of bovine major histocompatibility complex class II DQA1 genes in Japan.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 2008
Takeshima S, Chen S, Miki M, Kado M, Aida Y
Abstract excerpt
We sequenced the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II DQA1 gene in 352 Japanese cattle (95 Japanese Black, 91 Holstein, 102 Japanese Shorthorn and 64 Jersey cattle) using a new sequence-based typing method. In total, 19 bovine MHC (BoLA)-DQA1 alleles, of which two were novel alleles, were detected. The Holstein, Jersey, Japanese Shorthorn and Japanese Black breeds had 13, 12, 10 and 15 alleles,...
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