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Phenotypic heterogeneity in inherited prion disease (P102L) is associated with differential propagation of protease-resistant wild-type and mutant prion protein.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2006
Wadsworth Jonathan D F, Joiner Susan, Linehan Jacqueline M, Cooper Sharon, Powell Caroline, Mallinson Gary, Buckell Jennifer, Gowland Ian, Asante Emmanuel A, Budka Herbert, Brandner Sebastian, Collinge John
Abstract excerpt
Inherited prion diseases are caused by PRNP coding mutations and display marked phenotypic heterogeneity within families segregating the same pathogenic mutation. A proline-to-leucine substitution at prion protein (PrP) residue 102 (P102L), classically associated with the Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) phenotype, also shows marked clinical and pathological heterogeneity, including patients with a...
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