Identification of a mutation in the ovine uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) gene associated with a type of porphyria

Animal Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-302

  Nezamzadeh, R ^a   Seubert, A ^a   Pohlenz, J ^b   Brenig, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Institute of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haeme biosynthesis; Iron overload; Kupffer cell siderosis; Porphyria cutanea tarda; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

PORPHYRIN; PRIMER DNA; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORPHYRIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; URINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PORPHYRIAS; PORPHYRINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

EID: 25644452088     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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