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NHE1 gene associated with avian leukosis virus subgroup J infection in chicken.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Oct 2014
Chen Biao, Pan Weiling, Zhang Liangyu, Liu Jing, Ouyang Hongjia, Nie Qinghua, Zhang Xiquan
Abstract excerpt
As a kind of binding protein, the type 1 Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE1) is a receptor for the highly pathogenic Avian leukosis viruses-J subgroup (ALV-J) in chicken. In order to investigate the potential effect of chicken NHE1 gene on leukosis, we compared its expression between ALV-J-affected and -unaffected chicken, screened variations across the whole gene, and then performed association analysis with ALV-J...
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