Protective Effect of Val129-PrP against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy but not Variant Creutzfeldt...
Protective Effect of Val129-PrP against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy but not Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is the only known zoonotic prion that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans. The major risk determinant for this disease is the polymorphic codon 129 of the human prion protein (Hu-PrP), where either methionine (Met129) or valine (Val129) can be encoded. To date, all clinical and neuropatho...
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Protective Effect of Val129-PrP against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy but not Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_adfbf9e2b4344c33b8f0a6e3907f10d8
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_adfbf9e2b4344c33b8f0a6e3907f10d8
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1080-6040
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1080-6059
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10.3201/eid2309.161948
