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LOCUS BOVPRP 795 bp ds-DNA MAM 17-MAY-1991 DEFINITION Bovine PrP gene for a prion-protein. ACCESSION X55882 KEYWORDS prion protein. SOURCE Bos taurus DNA. ORGANISM Bos taurus Eukaryota; Animalia; Metazoa; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Theria; Eutheria; Artiodactyla; Ruminantia; Pecora; Bovidae. REFERENCE 1 (bases 1 to 795) AUTHORS Goldmann,W. JOURNAL Unpublished (1990) STANDARD full automatic REFERENCE 2 (sites) AUTHORS Goldmann,W., Hunter,N., Martin,T.E., Dawson,M. and Hope,J. TITLE Different forms of the bovine PrP gene have five or six copies of a short, G-C-rich element within the protein-coding exon JOURNAL J. Gen. Virol. 72, 201-204 (1991) STANDARD full staff_review COMMENT *source: strain=Holstein-Friesian; tissue=peripheral lymphocytes; *source: developmental stage=adult,germline; PrP protein aggregates are found in BSE which is a member of the scrapie-like diseases. A second bovine PrP allele shows deletion of nucleotides 211 to 234. Nucleotide 576 exhibits C to T transition, creating a HindII polymorphism. From EMBL 23 entry BTPRP; dated 25-FEB-1991. FEATURES Location/Qualifiers mat_peptide 1..792 /product="prion protein" /gene="PrP gene" CDS 1..795 /product="prion protein" /gene="PrP gene" /codon_start=1 BASE COUNT 197 a 193 c 244 g 161 t ORIGIN 1 atggtgaaaa gccacatagg cagttggatc ctggttctct ttgtggccat gtggagtgac 61 gtgggcctct gcaagaagcg accaaaacct ggaggaggat ggaacactgg ggggagccga 121 tacccaggac agggcagtcc tggaggcaac cgttatccac ctcagggagg gggtggctgg 181 ggtcagcccc atggaggtgg ctggggccag cctcatggag gtggctgggg ccagcctcat 241 ggaggtggct ggggtcagcc ccatggtggt ggctggggac agccacatgg tggtggaggc 301 tggggtcaag gtggtaccca cggtcaatgg aacaaaccca gtaagccaaa aaccaacatg 361 aagcatgtgg caggagctgc tgcagctgga gcagtggtag ggggccttgg tggctacatg 421 ctgggaagtg ccatgagcag gcctcttata cattttggca gtgactatga ggaccgttac 481 tatcgtgaaa acatgcaccg ttaccccaac caagtgtact acaggccagt ggatcagtat 541 agtaaccaga acaactttgt gcatgactgt gtcaacatca cagtcaagga acacacagtc 601 accaccacca ccaaggggga gaacttcacc gaaactgaca tcaagatgat ggagcgagtg 661 gtggagcaaa tgtgcattac ccagtaccag agagaatccc aggcttatta ccaacgaggg 721 gcaagtgtga tcctcttctc ttcccctcct gtgatcctcc tcatctcttt cctcattttt 781 ctcatagtag gatag //