Cloning and sequencing of quail and pigeon prion genes

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 159-162

  Zhang, L ^a   Li, N ^a   Wang, Q G ^a   Fan, B L ^a   Meng, Q Y ^a   Wu, C X ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COTURNIX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLUMBIDAE; COTURNIX; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036557827     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ABIO-120005777     Document Type: Article

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