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Mutation of the prion protein gene at codon 208 in familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Neurology - 1 Nov 1996
Mastrianni J A, Iannicola C, Myers R M, DeArmond S, Prusiner S B
Abstract excerpt
Four point mutations and one insertion within the prion protein (PrP) gene have been tightly linked to the development of inherited prion disease. We developed a denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis system that allowed us to screen the entire open reading frame of the PrP gene. Using this system, we found a new mutation of the PrP gene in a patient with pathologically confirmed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and a...
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