Low frequency of the scrapie resistance-associated allele and presence of lysine-171 allele of the prion protein gene in Italian Biellese ovine breed

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3165-3172

  Acutis, Pier Luigi ^a   Sbaiz, L ^a   Verburg, F ^b   Riina, M V ^a   Ru, G ^a   Moda, G ^c   Caramelli, M ^a   Bossers, A ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Regione Piemonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRION PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PRION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 5444234759     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80053-0     Document Type: Article

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