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Transmission of the BSE agent to mice in the absence of detectable abnormal prion protein.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 17 Jan 1997
Lasmézas C I, Deslys J P, Robain O, Jaegly A, Beringue V, Peyrin J M, Fournier J G, Hauw J J, Rossier J, Dormont D
Abstract excerpt
The agent responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) is thought to be a malfolded, protease-resistant version (PrPres) of the normal cellular prion protein (PrP). The interspecies transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to mice was studied. Although all of the mice injected with homogenate from BSE-infected cattle brain exhibited neurological symptoms and neuronal death, more...
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