A transgenic model of a familial prion disease.

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We have generated lines of transgenic mice that express a mutant prion protein containing 14 octapeptide repeats whose human homologue is associated with an inherited prion dementia. These mice develop an ataxic illness that begins at 65 days of age when the transgene array is homozygous, and results in death by 115-138 days. Starting from birth, mutant PrP is converted into a protease-resistant and...

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