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Variation in the ovine C-type lectin dectin-1 gene (CLEC7A).
Developmental and comparative immunology - 1 Mar 2010
Zhou Huitong, Hu Jiang, Luo Yuzhu, Hickford Jon G H
Abstract excerpt
Dectin-1 is a pattern-recognition receptor that predominantly recognizes beta-glucans from fungi, plants and bacteria. It is therefore implicated in immunological defenses against pathogens that have beta-glucans. In this study, variation in exons 4-6 of the ovine dectin-1 gene (CLEC7A) was investigated. These exons encode the putative domain for beta-glucan recognition. Three, three and four unique...
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