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Desmoglein 4 diversity and correlation analysis with coat color in goat.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 4 Mar 2016
E G X, Zhao Y J, Ma Y H, Cao G L, He J N, Na R S, Zhao Z Q, Jiang C D, Zhang J H, Arlvd S, Chen L P, Qiu X Y, Hu W, Huang Y F
Abstract excerpt
Desmoglein 4 (DSG4) has an important role in the development of wool traits in domestic animals. The full-length DSG4 gene, which contains 3918 bp, a complete open-reading-frame, and encodes a 1040-amino acid protein, was amplified from Liaoning cashmere goat. The sequence was compared with that of DSG4 from other animals and the results show that the DSG4 coding region is consistent with interspecies...
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