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In vitro expression of the SLC11A1 gene in goat monocyte-derived macrophages challenged with Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2013
Taka S, Liandris E, Gazouli M, Sotirakoglou K, Theodoropoulos G, Bountouri M, Andreadou M, Ikonomopoulos J
Abstract excerpt
Johne's disease or paratuberculosis is a chronic, progressive intestinal disease of ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). One of the genes that have been targeted with regard to resistance or sensitivity to paratuberculosis is the SLC11A1 (solute carrier family 11 member A1). Here we extend our previous work to the sequence and structure analysis of the caprine SLC11A1 gene and we...
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