New ovine PrP gene haplotypes as a result of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the PrP gene promoter

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-94

  O'Neill, G T ^a   Cairns, D ^a   Toovey, L ^a   Goldmann, W ^a   Hunter, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PRION; PROMOTER REGION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE COMPONENTS; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 16844373142     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2005.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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