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Are Sinc and the PrP gene congruent? Evidence from PrP gene analysis in Sinc congenic mice

Nora Hunter, Janine C. Dann, Alan D. Bennett, Robert A. Somerville, Irene McConnell, James Hope

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Abstract

Congenic mouse strains VM/Dk and VM-Sinc(s7)/Dk differ at the Sinc gene, which controls the incubation period of scrapie in mice; VM/Dk mice are Sinc(p7p7) and VM-Sin(s7)/Dk mice are Sinc(s7s7). Restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequencing analysis demonstrated that the PrP genes also differ in these strains, confirming the close genetic linkage of Sinc and PrP. Using the restriction enzyme HhaI, we have shown that at least 100 kb of DNA flanking the PrP gene differs between the two strains, and therefore the congruence of the Sinc and PrP genes is still not certain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2751-2755
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of General Virology
Volume73
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1992

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