Association of FcRn Heavy Chain encoding gene (FCGRT) POLYMORPHISMS with IgG content in bovine colostrum

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 242-246

  Zhang, Ran ^a,b   Zhao, Zhihui ^b,c   Zhao, Yaofeng ^a   Kacskovics, Imre ^d   Eijk, Marjolein Van Der ^e   Groot, Nanda De ^e   Li, Ning ^a   Hammarstrom, Lennart ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e MucoVax BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bovine colostrum; FCGRT; IgG concentration; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BOVINE COLOSTRUM; ENCODING GENES; FCGRT; HAPLOTYPES; HEAVY CHAIN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

CHAINS; NUCLEOTIDES;

MAMMALS;

FC RECEPTOR; FC RECEPTOR, NEONATAL; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, FC;

BOVINAE;

EID: 70349873429     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: 15322378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10495390903196448     Document Type: Article

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