Article
Molecular genetic studies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Goldfarb L G, Brown P, Cervenakova L, Gajdusek D C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic study of over 200 cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS), fatal familial insomnia (FFI), and kuru have brought a reliable body of evidence that the familial forms of CJD and all known cases of GSS and FFI are linked to germline mutations in...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
- Codon
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Point Mutation
- Prions