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Fixed differences in the 3'UTR of buffalo PRNP gene provide binding sites for miRNAs post-transcriptional regulation.
Oncotarget - 11 Jul 2017
Zhao Hui, Wang Siqi, Guo Lixia, Du Yanli, Liu Linlin, Ma Tengfei, Otecko Newton O, Li Canpeng, Zhang Yaping
Abstract excerpt
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a member of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, has not been reported in buffaloes, Bubalus bubalis. Prion protein (PrP), encoded by the prion protein gene (PRNP), is fundamental in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. We previously showed that buffaloes express more PrP proteins but lower PRNP mRNA than cattle in several pivotal tissues like the...
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