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The diversity of bovine MHC class II DRB3 and DQA1 alleles in different herds of Japanese Black and Holstein cattle in Japan.
Gene - 1 Feb 2011
Miyasaka Taku, Takeshima Shin-nosuke, Matsumoto Yuki, Kobayashi Naohiko, Matsuhashi Tamako, Miyazaki Yoshiyuki, Tanabe Yoshihiro, Ishibashi Kazuki, Sentsui Hiroshi, Aida Yoko
Abstract excerpt
In cattle, bovine leukocyte antigens (BoLAs) have been extensively used as markers for bovine diseases and immunological traits. In this study, we sequenced alleles of the BoLA class II loci, BoLA-DRB3 and BoLA-DQA1, from 650 Japanese cattle from six herds [three herds (507 animals) of Japanese Black cattle and three herds (143 animals) of Holstein cattle] using polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing...
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