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Diversity and evolution of 11 innate immune genes in Bos taurus taurus and Bos taurus indicus cattle.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jan 2010
Seabury Christopher M, Seabury Paul M, Decker Jared E, Schnabel Robert D, Taylor Jeremy F, Womack James E
Abstract excerpt
The Toll-like receptor (TLR) and peptidoglycan recognition protein 1 (PGLYRP1) genes play key roles in the innate immune systems of mammals. While the TLRs recognize a variety of invading pathogens and induce innate immune responses, PGLYRP1 is directly microbicidal. We used custom allele-specific assays to genotype and validate 220 diallelic variants, including 54 nonsynonymous SNPs in 11 bovine innate immune...
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