The PCR typing of MHC-DRB genes in the sheep using primers for an intronic microsatellite: Application to nematode parasite resistance

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 330-336

  Outteridge, P M ^a   Andersson, L ^b   Douch, P G C ^c   Green, R S ^c   Gwakisa, P S ^b   Hohenhaus, M A ^a   Mikko, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

MHC DRB; Parasites; Resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MICROSATELLITE DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST RESISTANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0029785393     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.1996.59     Document Type: Article

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