PrP (prion) gene expression in sheep may be modulated by alternative polyadenylation of its messenger RNA

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2275-2283

  Goldmann, Wilfred ^a   O'Neill, Gerard ^a   Cheung, Foo ^a,c   Charleson, Fiona ^a   Ford, Peter ^b   Hunter, Nora ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DIR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRION PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MURINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032766840     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-8-2275     Document Type: Article

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