Evolution and differentiation of the prion protein gene (PRNP) among species

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 647-652

  Rongyan, Zhou ^a   Xianglong, Li ^a   Lanhui, Li ^a   Xiangyun, Li ^a   Fujun, Feng ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Interspecies comparison; Scrapie; Sequences; TSEs

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; PHYLOGENY; PRION DISEASE; PRION PROTEIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CODON, TERMINATOR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MOSCHIDAE; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 54249123150     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn073     Document Type: Article

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