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PRNP variants in goats reduce sensitivity of detection of PrP(Sc) by immunoassay.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc - 1 May 2015
Madsen-Bouterse Sally A, Schneider David A, Dassanayake Rohana P, Truscott Thomas C, Zhuang Dongyue, Kumpula-McWhirter Nancy, O'Rourke Katherine I
Abstract excerpt
Diagnostic analyses often employ single antibody systems but are potentially limited by epitope sequence variation. United States regulatory testing for scrapie primarily uses antibody F99/97.6.1 for immunohistochemistry (IHC) of the prion protein associated with scrapie (PrP(Sc)). Whereas the epitope bound by F99/97.6.1 is highly conserved in sheep, a polymorphism in caprine PRNP results in a glutamine to lysine...
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