Analysis of the sheep MUC1 gene: Structure of the repetitive region and polymorphism

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1024-1028

  Rasero, R ^a   Bianchi, L ^b   Cauvin, E ^a   Maione, S ^a   Sartore, S ^a   Soglia, D ^a   Sacchi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Milk; MUC1; Polymorphism; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; TANDEM REPEAT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GLYCOSYLATION; ITALY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 34247868922     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71588-6     Document Type: Article

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