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Evidence of a molecular barrier limiting susceptibility of humans, cattle and sheep to chronic wasting disease.
The EMBO journal - 1 Sept 2000
Raymond G J, Bossers A, Raymond L D, O'Rourke K I, McHolland L E, Bryant P K, Miller M W, Williams E S, Smits M, Caughey B
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of deer and elk, and little is known about its transmissibility to other species. An important factor controlling interspecies TSE susceptibility is prion protein (PrP) homology between the source and recipient species/genotypes. Furthermore, the efficiency with which the protease-resistant PrP (PrP-res) of one species induces the in...
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