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Nucleotide polymorphisms in the bovine lymphotoxin A gene and their distribution among Bos indicus zebu cattle breeds.
Gene - 15 Mar 2016
Behl Jyotsna Dhingra, Mishra Priyanka, Verma N K, Niranjan S K, Dangi P S, Sharma Rekha, Behl Rahul
Abstract excerpt
The present study was undertaken to characterize the genetic variation present in lymphoxin A gene (LTA gene) encoding for the lymphotoxin A protein also known as tumor necrosis factor beta, a cytokine produced by lymphocytes, known to be cytotoxic for a wide range of tumor cells both in vitro and in vivo, and, which is essential for normal immunological development; in 40 animals of 5 diverse Bos indicus Indian...
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