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ArticlePrion2016

Polymorphism analysis of prion protein gene in 11 Pakistani goat breeds.

Mohammad Farooque Hassan, Sher Hayat Khan, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Lifeng Yang, Tariq Ali, Jamal Muhammad Khan, Syed Zahid Ali Shah, Xiangmei Zhou, Tanveer Hussain, Ting Zhu and 2 more

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Article in Prion, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Genetic Variation in the Prion Protein Gene (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammad Farooque Hassana Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Sher Hayat Khana Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Masroor Ellahi Babarb University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences , Lahore , Pakistan.
Lifeng Yanga Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Tariq Alic College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Jamal Muhammad Khand National Animal Protozoa Laboratory & College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Syed Zahid Ali Shaha Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Xiangmei Zhoua Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Tanveer Hussainb University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences , Lahore , Pakistan.
Ting Zhuf Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University , Fujian , China.
Tariq Hussaina Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Deming Zhaoa Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
China Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Veterinary and Animal Sciences · PKFujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The association between caprine PrP gene polymorphisms and its susceptibility to scrapie has been investigated in current years. As the ORF of the PrP gene is extremely erratic in different breeds of goats, we studied the PrP gene polymorphisms in 80 goats which belong to 11 Pakistani indigenous goat breeds from all provinces of Pakistan. A total of 6 distinct polymorphic sites (one novel) with amino acid substitutions were identified in the PrP gene which includes 126 (A -> G), 304 (G -> T), 379 (A -> G), 414 (C -> T), 428 (A -> G) and 718 (C -> T). The locus c.428 was found highly polymorphic in all breeds as compare to other loci. On the basis of these PrP variants NJ phylogenetic tree was constructed through MEGA6.1 which showed that all goat breeds along with domestic sheep and Mauflon sheep appeared as in one clade and sharing its most recent common ancestors (MRCA) with deer species while Protein analysis has shown that these polymorphisms can lead to varied primary, secondary and tertiary structure of protein. Based on these polymorphic variants, genetic distance, multidimensional scaling plot and principal component analyses revealed the clear picture regarding greater number of substitutions in cattle PrP regions as compared to the small ruminant species. In particular these findings may pinpoint the fundamental control over the scrapie in Capra hircus on genetic basis.

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Polymorphism, GeneticAnimalsGoatsPakistanPhylogenyPrion ProteinsSequence Analysis, DNASheepPrion ProteinsGoatneurodegenerativePrion proteinPrPPrPCPrPScscrapieTSEs

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PMID27388702
PMCPMC5082961
OpenAlexW2465939763

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