Article
Transgenic strategies to increase disease resistance in livestock.
Reproduction, fertility, and development - 1 Jan 1994
Müller M, Brem G
Abstract excerpt
Approaches to modify disease resistance or susceptibility by transgenic means will be a major asset to animal welfare as well as to the economics of animal production. Candidates for gene transfer experiments include all genes known to influence non-specific and specific host defence mechanisms against infectious pathogens. Additional strategies such as 'intracellular immunization', 'genetic and congenital...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cell Survival
- Cytokines
- Gene Transfer Techniques
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunity, Innate
- Immunization
- Mutagenesis