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Complement component 3: characterization and association with mastitis resistance in Egyptian water buffalo and cattle.
Journal of genetics - 1 Mar 2017
El-Halawany Nermin, Abd-El-Monsif Shawky A, Al-Tohamy Ahmed F M, Hegazy Lamees, Abdel-Shafy Hamdy, Abdel-Latif Magdy A, Ghazi Yasser A, Neuhoff Christiane, Salilew-Wondim Dessie, Schellander Karl
Abstract excerpt
Mastitis is an infectious disease of the mammary gland that leads to reduced milk production and change in milk composition. Complement component C3 plays a major role as a central molecule of the complement cascade involving in killing of microorganisms, either directly or in cooperation with phagocytic cells. C3 cDNA were isolated, from Egyptian buffalo and cattle, sequenced and characterized. The C3 cDNA...
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