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The role of host PrP in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jun 2007
Cancellotti Enrico, Barron Rona M, Bishop Matthew T, Hart Patricia, Wiseman Frances, Manson Jean C
Abstract excerpt
PrP has a central role in the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), and mutations and polymorphisms in host PrP can profoundly alter the host's susceptibility to a TSE agent. However, precisely how host PrP influences the outcome of disease has not been established. To investigate this we have produced by gene targeting a series of inbred lines of transgenic mice expressing different PrP genes. This...
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