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Integrated immunogenomics in the chicken: deciphering the immune response to identify disease resistance genes.
Developments in biologicals - 1 Jan 2008
Kaiser P, Howell J, Fife M, Sadeyen J-R, Salmon N, Rothwell L, Young J, van Diemen P, Stevens M, Poh T-Y, Jones M, Barrow P, Wigley P, He H, Swaggerty C, Kogut M, Smith J, Burt D
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to infection takes place at many levels, and involves both non-specific and specific immune mechanisms. The chicken has a different repertoire of immune genes, molecules, cells and organs compared to mammals. To understand the role of any disease resistance gene(s), it is therefore important to understand these different repertoires, and the bird's response to a particular pathogen. Our studies focus...
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