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Different forms of the bovine PrP gene have five or six copies of a short, G-C-rich element within the protein-coding exon.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jan 1991
Goldmann W, Hunter N, Martin T, Dawson M, Hope J
Abstract excerpt
Current models of the virus-like agents of scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) have to take into account that structural changes in a host-encoded protein (PrP protein) exhibit an effect on the time course of these diseases and the survival time of any man or animal exposed to these pathogens. We report here the sequence of different forms of the bovine PrP gene which contain either five or six...
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