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PrP genotypes of atypical scrapie cases in Great Britain.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2006
Saunders G C, Cawthraw S, Mountjoy S J, Hope J, Windl O
Abstract excerpt
Great Britain and elsewhere have detected atypical scrapie infection in sheep with PrP genotypes thought to be genetically resistant to the classical form of scrapie. DNA sequencing of the PrP gene of British atypical scrapie cases (n=69), classical scrapie cases (n=59) and scrapie-free controls (n=138) was undertaken to identify whether PrP variants, other than the three well-characterized polymorphic codons,...
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