PrP polymorphisms in Spanish sheep affected with natural scrapie

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 370-372

  Acin C ^a   Martin Burriel I ^a   Monleon E ^a   Rodellar, C ^a   Badiola, J J ^a   Zaragoza, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN STEM; BREED DIFFERENCE; CEREBELLUM; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 6344285756     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.12.370     Document Type: Article

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