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Strain-associated variations in abnormal PrP trafficking of sheep scrapie.
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2009
Jeffrey Martin, McGovern Gillian, Goodsir Caroline M, Síso Silvia, González Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are associated with the accumulation of an abnormal form of the host-coded prion protein (PrP). It is postulated that different tertiary or quaternary structures of infectious PrP provide the information necessary to code for strain properties. We show here that different light microscopic types of abnormal PrP (PrP(d)) accumulation found in each of 10 sheep scrapie cases correspond...
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