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Allele-specific expression analysis reveals CD79B has a cis-acting regulatory element that responds to Marek's disease virus infection in chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 2011
Meydan H, Yildiz M A, Dodgson J B, Cheng H H
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Marek's disease (MD) is a T cell lymphoma disease of domestic chickens induced by the Marek's disease virus (MDV), a highly infectious and naturally oncogenic alphaherpesvirus. Enhancing genetic resistance to MD in poultry is an attractive method to augment MD vaccines, which protect against MD but do not prevent MDV replication and horizontal spread. Previous work integrating QTL scans, transcript profiling, and...
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