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Prion protein gene polymorphisms in Turkish native goat breeds.
Journal of genetics - 1 Jun 2017
Meydan Hasan, Pehlivan Erkan, Özkan Mustafa Muhip, Yildiz Mehmet Ali, Goldmann Wilfred
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to 'scrapie' disease in goats is influenced by polymorphisms of the prion protein (PRNP) gene. The aim of this study was to identify PRNP gene polymorphisms in a total of 356 scrapie disease-free goats from 10 Turkish native breeds. Eighteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms were detected in the caprine PRNP open-reading frame. Ten previously described amino acid substitutions (I142M, H143R, N146S,...
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