Novel 35-bp insertion in visfatin gene in Chinese cattle

Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-561

  Wang, M ^a   Yu, H ^a   Chen, H ^a,b   Lan, X Y ^a   Zhang, L Z ^a   Zhao, M ^a   Lai, X S ^a   Wang, X L ^a   Wang, K Y ^a   Lei, C Z ^a   Wang, J Q ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Research Center of Cattle Engineering Technology in Henan   (China)

Author keywords

Cattle; Insertion; Mutation

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 70350771077     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893309040049     Document Type: Article

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