Abbreviations
- BAC:
-
bacterial artificial chromosome
- BrdU:
-
bromodeoxyuridine
- DAPI:
-
4′,6-diamino-2-phenylindole
- FISH:
-
fluorescence in situ hybridization
- HGF:
-
hepatocyte growth factor
- RBPI-banding:
-
R-banding by propidium iodide staining
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Antonacci, R., Vaccarelli, G., Di Meo, G.P. et al. Molecular In Situ Hybridization Analysis of Sheep and Goat BAC Clones Identifies the Transcriptional Orientation of T Cell Receptor Gamma Genes on Chromosome 4 in Bovids. Vet Res Commun 31, 977–983 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-006-0202-x
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