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SUBMITTER: Clawson ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2525647 | biostudies-literature | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clawson Michael L ML Heaton Michael P MP Keele John W JW Smith Timothy Pl TP Harhay Gregory P GP Richt Juergen A JA Laegreid William W WW
BMC research notes 20080623
<h4>Background</h4>Classical and atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSEs) are cattle prion diseases. Distinct bovine prion gene (PRNP) alleles have been associated with classical and atypical BSE susceptibility. However, the full extent of PRNP allele association with BSE susceptibility is not known. A systematic sequence-based genotyping method that detects variation throughout PRNP would be useful for: 1) detecting rare PRNP alleles that may be present in BSE-affected animals and 2) ...[more]