Prevalence of the prion protein gene E211K variant in U.S. cattle

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Heaton, Michael P ^a   Keele, John W ^a   Harhay, Gregory P ^a   Richt, Jürgen A ^b   Koohmaraie, Mohammad ^a,g   Wheeler, Tommy L ^a   Shackelford, Steven D ^a   Casas, Eduardo ^a   King, D Andy ^a   Sonstegard, Tad S ^c   Van Tassell, Curtis P ^c   Neibergs, Holly L ^d   Chase, Chad C ^e   Kalbfleisch, Theodore S ^f   Smith, Timothy Pl ^a   Clawson, Michael L ^a   Laegreid, William W ^a,h  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USDA ARS SubTropical Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^g IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CODON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CODON; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PRIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 52049121277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-25     Document Type: Article

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