Polymorphisms of the prion gene coding region in born-after-the-reinforced-ban (BARB) bovine spongiform encephalopathy cattle in Great Britain

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1374-1378

  Saunders, G C ^a   Griffiths, P C ^a   Cawthraw, S ^a   Tout, A C ^a   Wiener, P ^b   Woolliams, J A ^b   Williams, J L ^b,c   Windl, O ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PRION;

BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34047167472     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82507-0     Document Type: Article

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