Using regulatory and epistatic networks to extend the findings of a genome scan: Identifying the gene drivers of pigmentation in Merino sheep

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  García Gámez, Elsa ^a,b   Reverter, Antonio ^a   Whan, Vicki ^a   McWilliam, Sean M ^a   Arranz, Juan José ^b   International Sheep Genomics Consortium, ^c   Kijas, James ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD9 ANTIGEN; DOCKING PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 7; TETRASPANIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN RELATED PROTEIN 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED PROTEIN 1; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRN GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCK7 GENE; FGFR10P GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLI3 GENE; IGFBP7 GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PDGFRA GENE; PHENOTYPE; PIEBALDISM; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SILV GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TBX15 GENE; TISSUE TYPES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; PIGMENTATION;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; GENOME; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PIGMENTATION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SHEEP; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 79959313278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021158     Document Type: Article

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