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Frequencies of PRNP gene polymorphisms in Vietnamese dairy cattle for potential association with BSE.
Zoonoses and public health - 1 Jun 2008
Muramatsu Y, Sakemi Y, Horiuchi M, Ogawa T, Suzuki K, Kanameda M, Hanh T T, Tamura Y
Abstract excerpt
Summary Since 2004, significant associations between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) susceptibility in cattle and frequencies of insertion/deletion (ins/del; indel) polymorphisms within the bovine prion protein gene (PRNP) have been reported. In this study, we investigated the frequencies of indel polymorphisms within two variable sites, a 23-bp indel polymorphism in the promoter region (23indel) and a...
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