PrP genotype contributes to determining survival times of sheep with natural scrapie

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2669-2673

  Bossers, Alex ^a   Schreuder, Bram E C ^a   Muileman, Ida H ^a   Belt, Peter B G M ^a   Smits, Mari A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP DISEASE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0029860882     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-10-2669     Document Type: Article

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