Functional relevance of DNA polymorphisms within the promoter region of the prion protein gene and their association to BSE infection

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1547-1555

  Kashkevich, Kseniya ^a   Humeny, Andreas ^a   Ziegler, Ute ^b   Groschup, Martin H ^b   Nicken, Petra ^c   Leeb, Tosso ^c,e   Fischer, Christine ^d   Becker, Cord Michael ^a   Schiebel, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Expression; German bovine breeds; Haplotype; PRNP; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; DNA; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN PRNP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EXONS; HAPLOTYPES; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34247621753     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7522com     Document Type: Article

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