Prion protein gene polymorphisms in four goat breeds of Pakistan

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-144

  Babar, M E ^a   Abdullah, M ^a   Nadeem, A ^a   Haq, A U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Goat; Pakistan; PrP; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROLINE; SERINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION PROTEIN GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PAKISTAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 56649105155     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9162-7     Document Type: Article

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