Development and usefulness of new polymerase chain reaction-based tests for detection of different alleles at codons 136 and 171 of the ovine prion protein gene

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 884-887

  Yuzbasiyan Gurkan, Vilma ^a,b   Krehbiel, Janver D ^a   Cao, Yueying ^a   Venta, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CODON; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MOUTH MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033161111     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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