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Delimiting the location of the scrapie prion incubation time gene on chromosome 2 of the mouse.
Genetics - 1 Apr 1993
Carlson G A, Ebeling C, Torchia M, Westaway D, Prusiner S B
Abstract excerpt
Scrapie is a transmissible neurodegenerative disease caused by unusual pathogens called prions. The interval between inoculation and illness for experimental mouse scrapie is dramatically influenced by an incubation time gene (Prn-i) that is linked to Prn-p, the structural gene for prion protein (PrP). Although prion proteins from mouse strains with short and long scrapie incubation times differ by two amino...
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