Genotyping of ovine prion protein gene (PRNP) variants by PCR with melting curve analysis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1426-1429

  Schütz, Ekkehard ^a   Scharfenstein, Melanie ^a   Brenig, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRION PROTEIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRNP GENE; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CODON; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33745448771     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.069666     Document Type: Article

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