Association of the bovine leukocyte antigen major histocompatibility complex class II DRB3*4401 allele with host resistance to the Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 190-195

  Untalan, Pia M ^a   Pruett, John H ^a   Steelman, C Dayton ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Bovine leukocyte antigen (BoLA) complex; DRB3; Resistance; Susceptibility; Tick

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; AMBLYOMMA; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOST RESISTANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TICK;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA;

EID: 33847654217     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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