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Characterization and transcriptional analysis of the promoter region of the Duffy blood group, chemokine receptor (DARC) gene in cattle.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 15 Dec 2009
Carvalho T L, Ribolla P E M, Curi R A, Mota L S L S
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The Duffy antigen is the only receptor for Plasmodium vivax, a hemoparasite of the phylum Apicomplexa and the cause of vivax malaria in humans. Resistance to this parasite in the majority of black African individuals and their descendents is due to a mutation in the gene promoter region, which bl...
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