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Evaluation of the association of SLC11A1 gene polymorphism with incidence of paratuberculosis in goats.
Journal of genetics - 1 Sept 2017
Abraham Asha, Naicy Thomas, Raghavan Kunniyoor Cheemani, Siju Joseph, Aravindakshan Thazhathuveettil
Abstract excerpt
Paratuberculosis is one of the chronic granulomatous enteritis that predominantly affects ruminants world wide, caused by Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP). In ruminants, microsatellite polymorphisms of the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of the solute carrier family 11 member A1 (SLC11A1) gene were associated with resistance to intracellular pathogen infections. This research was carried out to...
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