A processed pseudogene contributes to apparent mule deer prion gene heterogeneity

Gene

Volumn 326, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 167-173

  Brayton, Kelly A ^a   O'Rourke, Katherine I ^b   Lyda, Amy K ^b   Miller, Michael W ^c   Knowles Jr , Donald P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Chronic wasting disease; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0346056791     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.10.022     Document Type: Article

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