A novel point mutation in the β1-tubulin gene in asymptomatic macrothrombocytopenic Norfolk and Cairn Terriers

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-321

  Gelain, Maria Elena ^a   Bertazzolo, Walter ^b   Tutino, Giuseppina ^b   Pogliani, Elena ^b   Cian, Francesco ^c   Boudreaux, Mary K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b AniCura Clinica Veterinaria Tibaldi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; GTP binding; Platelets; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PLATELETS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUBULIN;

EID: 84908167598     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12168     Document Type: Article

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