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Evidence for varied aetiologies regulating the transmission of prion disease: implications for understanding the heritable basis of prion incubation times.
PloS one - 2 Dec 2010
Iyegbe Conrad O, Abiola Oduola O, Towlson Chris, Powell John F, Whatley Steven A
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BACKGROUND: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of progressive fatal neurodegenerative disorders, triggered by abnormal folding of the endogenous prion protein molecule. The encoding gene is a major biological factor influencing the length of the asymptomatic period after...
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