Sequencing analysis of prion genes from red deer and camel

Gene

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 283-286

  Kaluz, Stefan ^a,b   Kaluzova, Milota ^a   Flint, Anthony P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Ruminants; Spongiform encephalopathy; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CAMEL; DEER; EMBRYO; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELS; DEER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PRIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030874753     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00382-X     Document Type: Article

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