Identification of a mutation in the CHAT gene of Old Danish Pointing Dogs affected with congenital myasthenic syndrome

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-543

  Proschowsky, Helle Friis ^a   Flagstad, Annette ^a   Cirera, Susanna ^a   Joergensen, Claus B ^a   Fredholm, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; METHIONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BREED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; DOG; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INHERITANCE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548408189     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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