Knobbed acrosome defect is associated with a region containing the genes STK17b and HECW2 on porcine chromosome 15

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sironen, Anu ^a   Uimari, Pekka ^a   Nagy, Szabolcs ^b   Paku, Sándor ^c   Andersson, Magnus ^d   Vilkki, Johanna ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE 17B; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME 15; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; KNOBBED ACROSOME DEFECT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE 17B GENE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3 GENE; UBIQUITINATION; ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 78649769243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-699     Document Type: Article

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