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Modification of blood cell PrP epitope exposure during prion disease.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Sept 2005
Thackray Alana M, Ryder Stephen J, Bujdoso Raymond
Abstract excerpt
PrPC [normal cellular PrP (prion-related protein)] is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked cell-surface glycoprotein that is expressed primarily by cells of the central and peripheral nervous system and the lymphoreticular system. During prion disease, PrPC undergoes structural modification to PrPSc (abnormal disease-specific conformation of PrP). The appearance of prion infectivity and PrPSc within different...
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