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Transgenic analysis of prion diseases.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Jun 1997
Moore R C, Melton D W
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are fatal transmissible neurological disorders afflicting a range of mammalian species. Although still controversial, a large body of data suggests that the causative agent may be composed entirely of a small glycoprotein. The brains of infected animals have accumulations of a pathogenic protease-resistant isoform (PrPsc) of a normal host-encoded glycoprotein, PrPc or prion protein. A number of...
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