Evidence that bovine forebrain embryonic zinc finger-like gene influences immune response associated with mastitis resistance.
AuthorsSugimoto M,Fujikawa A,Womack JE,Sugimoto Y
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
PubMed ID16611727
Mastitis, a mammary gland inflammation in response to bacterial infection, is a major problem in the dairy industry. We found that cows susceptible to mastitis have a three-base insertion in a glycine-coding stretch of the gene for forebrain embryonic zinc finger-like (FEZL), a transcription factor with a role in neuronal ... More