Expansion of the Bactericidal/Permeability Increasing-like (BPI-like) protein locus in cattle
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cattle and other ruminants have evolved the ability to derive most of their metabolic energy requirement from otherwise indigestible plant matter through a symbiotic relationship with plant fibre degrading microbes within a specialis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/75 |