Prevalence of the prion protein gene E211K variant in U.S. cattle

BACKGROUND: In 2006, an atypical U.S. case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was discovered in Alabama and later reported to be polymorphic for glutamate (E) and lysine (K) codons at position 211 in the bovine prion protein gene (Prnp) coding sequence. A bovine E211K mutation is important be...

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Autores principales: Heaton, Michael P, Keele, John W, Harhay, Gregory P, Richt, Jürgen A, Koohmaraie, Mohammad, Wheeler, Tommy L, Shackelford, Steven D, Casas, Eduardo, King, D Andy, Sonstegard, Tad S, Van Tassell, Curtis P, Neibergs, Holly L, Chase, Chad C, Kalbfleisch, Theodore S, Smith, Timothy PL, Clawson, Michael L, Laegreid, William W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2478677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18625065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-4-25

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