PCR-based detection of the polymorphism at codon 136 in the ovine prion protein gene

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-73

  Lockley, A K ^a   Hosie, B D ^a,b   Moore, L ^a   Harling, R ^a   Bardsley, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CODON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SHEEP;

EID: 0033648520     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10495390009525949     Document Type: Article

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