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A major genetic component of BSE susceptibility.
BMC biology - 2 Oct 2006
Juling Katrin, Schwarzenbacher Hermann, Williams John L, Fries Ruedi
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BACKGROUND: Coding variants of the prion protein gene (PRNP) have been shown to be major determinants for the susceptibility to transmitted prion diseases in humans, mice and sheep. However, to date, the effects of polymorphisms in the coding and regulatory regions of bovine PRNP on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) susceptibility have been considered marginal or non-existent. Here we analysed two...
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