Identification of congenital muscular dystonia 2 associated with an inherited GlyT2 defect in Belgian Blue cattle from the United Kingdom

Animal Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-270

  Gill, J L ^a   James, V M ^a,b   Carta, E ^a   Harris, D ^c   Topf, M ^a   Scholes, S F E ^d   Hateley, G ^d   Harvey, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Clent Life Science   (United Kingdom)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belgian Blue; CMD2; congenital muscular dystonia type 2; glycine transporter; GlyT2

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSTONIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MUSCLES; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84859762948     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02255.x     Document Type: Article

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