Amino acid polymorphisms of PrP gene in mongolian sheep

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Gombojav, Altangerel ^a,b   Ishiguro, Naotaka ^a   Horiuchi, Motohiro ^a   Serjmyadag, Dorj ^b   Byambaa, Badarch ^b   Shinagawa, Morikazu ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Allelic frequency; PCR; PrP gene; RFLP; Scrapie susceptibility

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MONGOLIA; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MONGOLIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 0037643530     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.65.75     Document Type: Article

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