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Polymorphism of the ovine keratin-associated protein 1-4 gene (KRTAP1-4).
Molecular biology reports - 1 Oct 2010
Gong Hua, Zhou Huitong, Hickford Jon G H
Abstract excerpt
Keratin-associated proteins (KAPs) are one of the main structural components of the wool fibre and form a semi-rigid matrix in which the keratin intermediate filaments are embedded. Variation in the KAP genes may affect the structure of KAPs and hence wool characteristics. In this study, we used PCR-SSCP to analyse ovine KRTAP1-4 (previously B2D), a gene encoding a member of the KAP1-x family. Nine different...
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