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Differentiating ovine BSE from CH1641 scrapie by serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification.
Molecular biotechnology - 1 Jul 2012
Taema Maged M, Maddison Ben C, Thorne Leigh, Bishop Keith, Owen Jonathan, Hunter Nora, Baker Claire A, Terry Linda A, Gough Kevin C
Abstract excerpt
Whilst ovine BSE displays distinct pathological characteristics to ovine CH1641-like scrapie upon passage in rodents, they have very similar molecular phenotypes. As such, the in vitro differentiation of these strains in routine surveillance programmes presents a significant diagnostic challenge. In this study, using serial protein-misfolding cyclic amplification (sPMCA), ovine BSE was readily amplified in vitro...
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