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High incidence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the prion protein gene of native Brazilian Caracu cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Oct 2006
Kues W A, Ollhoff R D, Carnwath J W, de Souza F P, Madeira H M F, Niemann H
Abstract excerpt
Different alleles of the human and ovine prion protein gene correlate with a varying susceptibility to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. However, the pathogenic implications of specific polymorphisms in the bovine prion protein gene (PRNP) are only poorly understood. Previous studies on...
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