Quantitative effects of an intronic retroviral insertion on the transcription of the tyrosinase gene in recessive white chickens

Animal Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-167

  Chang, C M ^a,b   Furet, J P ^a   Coville, J L ^a   Coquerelle, G ^a   Gourichon, D ^a   Tixier Boichard, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Chicken C locus; Relative quantitative real time RT PCR; Retroviral insertion; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; INTRONS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RETROVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34047150413     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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