Histidine at codon 154 of the prion protein gene is a risk factor for Nor98 scrapie in goats

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3173-3176

  Colussi, Silvia ^a   Vaccari, Gabriele ^b   Maurella, Cristiana ^a   Bona, Cristina ^a   Lorenzetti, Raniero ^c   Troiano, Pasquale ^d   Casalinuovo, Francesco ^e   Di Sarno, Alessandra ^e   Maniaci, Maria Grazia ^a   Zuccon, Fabio F ^a   Nonno, Romolo ^b   Casalone, Cristina ^a   Mazza, Maria ^a   Ru, Giuseppe ^a   Caramelli, Maria ^a   Agrimi, Umberto ^b   Acutis, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GOAT; MUTATION; PRION; RISK FACTOR;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CODON; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HISTIDINE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 58149398877     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/004150-0     Document Type: Article

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