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Incidence of infection in Prnp ARR/ARR sheep following experimental inoculation with or natural exposure to classical scrapie.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Jeffrey Martin, Martin Stuart, Chianini Francesca, Eaton Samantha, Dagleish Mark P, González Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
The prion protein gene (Prnp) is highly influential in determining risk and susceptibility of sheep exposed to classical scrapie. Sheep homozygous for alanine at codon 136 and arginine at codons 154 and 171 (ARR/ARR) of the Prnp gene are historically considered to be highly resistant to classical scrapie, although they form a significant fraction of cases of atypical scrapie. To date, experimental transmission of...
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