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Novel polymorphisms of the APOA2 gene and its promoter region affect body traits in cattle.
Gene - 1 Dec 2013
Zhou Yang, Li Caixia, Cai Hanfang, Xu Yao, Lan Xianyong, Lei Chuzhao, Chen Hong
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein A-II (APOA2) is one of the major constituents of high-density lipoprotein and plays a critical role in lipid metabolism and obesity. However, similar research for the bovine APOA2 gene is lacking. In this study, polymorphisms of the bovine APOA2 gene and its promoter region were detected in 1021 cows from four breeds by sequencing and PCR-RFLP methods. Totally, we detected six novel mutations which...
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