Polymorphism of the PRNP gene in the main breeds of indigenous Chinese goats

Archives of Virology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 979-982

  Zhou, R Y ^a   Li, X L ^a   Li, L H ^a   Wang, H Y ^b   Lu J G ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^c Tangshan Animal Husbandry Workstation in Hebei Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHINA; CODON; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION; SCRAPIE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BREEDING; CHINA; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 42449086306     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0074-1     Document Type: Article

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