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Establishment of a resource population of SLA haplotype-defined Korean native pigs.
Molecules and cells - 1 May 2010
Cho Han-Ok, Ho Chak-Sum, Lee Yu-Joo, Cho In-Cheol, Lee Sung-Soo, Ko Moon-Suck, Park Chankyu, Smith Douglas M, Jeon Jin-Tae, Lee Jun-Heon
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The highly polymorphic porcine major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or the swine leukocyte antigens (SLA), has been repeatedly associated with variations in swine immune response to pathogens and vaccines as well as with production traits. The SLA antigens are also important targets for immunological recognition of foreign tissue grafts. We recently established a resource population of Korean native pigs as...
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