Rapid analysis of allelic variants of the sheep PrP gene by oligonucleotide probes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 579-582

  Ishiguro, Naotaka ^a   Shinagawa, Morikazu ^a   Onoe, Sadao ^b   Yamanouchi, Kazunori ^b   Saito, Toshiro ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takikawa Anim Husb Exp Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allele; PrP; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031851893     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02327.x     Document Type: Article

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