PRNP promoter polymorphisms are associated with BSE susceptibility in Swiss and German cattle

BMC Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Haase, Bianca ^a   Doherr, Marcus G ^a   Seuberlich, Torsten ^a   Drögemüller, Cord ^a   Dolf, Gaudenz ^a   Nicken, Petra ^b   Schiebel, Katrin ^c   Ziegler, Ute ^d   Groschup, Martin H ^d   Zurbriggen, Andreas ^a   Leeb, Tosso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SWITZERLAND; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34247626263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-8-15     Document Type: Article

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