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Cell surface accumulation of a truncated transmembrane prion protein in Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease P102L.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Jul 2002
Mishra Ravi Shankar, Gu Yaping, Bose Sharmila, Verghese Susamma, Kalepu Sudheera, Singh Neena
Abstract excerpt
A familial prion disorder with a proline to leucine substitution at residue 102 of the prion protein (PrP(102L)) is typically associated with protease-resistant PrP fragments (PrP(Sc)) in the brain parenchyma that are infectious to recipient animals. When modeled in transgenic mice, a fatal neuro...
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