PRNP haplotype associated with classical BSE incidence in European Holstein cattle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Murdoch, Brenda M ^a   Clawson, Michael L ^b   Yue, Samuel ^a   Basu, Urmila ^a   McKay, Stephanie ^a,d   Settles, Matthew ^e   Capoferri, Rossana ^f   Laegreid, William W ^c   Williams, John L ^g   Moore, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^g PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; CATTLE; EUROPE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EUROPE; HAPLOTYPES; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS;

EID: 77958558399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012786     Document Type: Article

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