Cloning of a cDNA encoding bovine erythropoietin and analysis of its transcription in selected tissues

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Suliman, Hagir B ^a,b   Majiwa, Phelix A O ^a   Feldman, Bernard F ^b   Mertens, Bea ^a   Logan Henfrey, Linda ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bovine fetus; Calf; Kidney; Liver; mRNA; Northern blot; PCR; Recombinant cDNA; Spleen; Steer; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE ISOLATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SPLEEN; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029992112     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00895-0     Document Type: Article

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