The PrP genotype of sheep of the improved Valachian breed

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-276

  Tkacikova L' ^a,b   Hanusovska E ^b   Novak M ^b   Arvayova M ^a   Mikula, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SLOVAKIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0037487002     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02930968     Document Type: Article

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