Identification of a mutation associated with fatal foal immunodeficiency syndrome in the fell and dales pony

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Fox Clipsham, Laura Y ^a   Carter, Stuart D ^b   Goodhead, Ian ^b   Hall, Neil ^b   Knottenbelt, Derek C ^b   May, Paul D F ^c   Ollier, William E ^d   Swinburne, June E ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Townhead Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FATALITY; FOAL; FOAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SODIUM MYOINOSITOL COTRANSPORTER GENE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HORSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

COTRANSPORTER;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 79960956223     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002133     Document Type: Article

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