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Effects of agent strain and host genotype on PrP accumulation in the brain of sheep naturally and experimentally affected with scrapie.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Jan 2002
González L, Martin S, Begara-McGorum I, Hunter N, Houston F, Simmons M, Jeffrey M
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Different cellular and neuroanatomical types of disease-specific prion protein (PrP(d)) accumulation in the brain were identified in sheep of different breeds and PrP genotypes exposed to experimental or natural scrapie infection. Immunohistochemical examination of the brains of 43 sheep with clinical signs compatible with scrapie revealed 12 different PrP(d)types, which were subjectively quantified in eight...
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