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The First Report of Genetic and Structural Diversities in the SPRN Gene in the Horse, an Animal Resistant to Prion Disease.
Genes - 28 Dec 2019
Won Sae-Young, Kim Yong-Chan, Kim Seon-Kwan, Jeong Byung-Hoon
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Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases and are characterized by the accumulation of abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) in the brain. During the outbreak of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in the United Kingdom, prion diseases in several species were reported; however, horse prion disease has not been reported thus far. In previous studies, the shadow of prion protein (Sho) has...
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