Characterization of the bovine pregnancy-associated glycoprotein gene family – analysis of gene sequences, regulatory regions within the promoter and expression of selected genes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) belong to a large family of aspartic peptidases expressed exclusively in the placenta of species in the <it>Artiodactyla </it>order. In cattle, the <it>PAG </it>ge...

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Main Authors: Walker Angela M, Telugu Bhanu, Green Jonathan A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/185