Candidate gene promoter polymorphisms and antibody response kinetics in chickens: Interferon-γ, interleukin-2, and immunoglobulin light chain

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1679-1689

  Zhou, H ^a   Buitenhuis, A J ^b   Weigend, S ^c   Lamont, S J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute of Animal Science and Animal Behaviour   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody kinetics; Candidate gene; Primary response; Promoter; Secondary response

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, LIGHT CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TIME;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALLELES; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, LIGHT-CHAIN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; KINETICS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035651176     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.12.1679     Document Type: Article

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