Candidate gene and genome-wide association studies of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in cattle and sheep: A review

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-208

  Purdie, Auriol C ^a   Plain, Karren M ^a   Begg, Douglas J ^a   de Silva, Kumudika ^a   Whittington, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Genome wide association studies; Johne's disease; Microsatellite; Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis; Paratuberculosis; Quantitative trait; Sheep; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

CATTLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79955158681     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2010.12.003     Document Type: Review

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