Sporadic-But not variant-Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is associated with polymorphisms upstream of PRNP exon 1

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1225-1235

  Mead, S ^a   Mahal, S P ^a   Beck, J ^a   Campbell, T ^a   Farrall, M ^b   Fisher, E ^a   Collinge, J ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EXON; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0035209184     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324710     Document Type: Article

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