Variants modulating the expression of a chromosome domain encompassing PLAG1 influence bovine stature

Nature Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-415

  Karim, Latifa ^a   Takeda, Haruko ^a   Lin, Li ^a   Druet, Tom ^a   Arias, Juan A C ^b   Baurain, Denis ^a   Cambisano, Nadine ^a   Davis, Stephen R ^c   Farnir, Frédéric ^a   Grisart, Bernard ^a   Harris, Bevin L ^b   Keehan, Mike D ^b   Littlejohn, Mathew D ^d   Spelman, Richard J ^b   Georges, Michel ^a   Coppieters, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION   (New Zealand)

^c Vialactia Biosciences Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLAG1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 85017471807     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.814     Document Type: Article

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