Short communication: Characterization of DRB3 alleles in the MHC of Japanese Shorthorn cattle by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1630-1632

  Takeshima, S ^a   Nakai, Y ^b   Ohta, M ^b   Aida, Y ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BoLA DRB3 exon 2; Genetic polymorphism; Japanese Shorthorn cattle; PCR sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EXON; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036617989     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74234-3     Document Type: Article

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