Prion's progress: Patterns and rates of molecular evolution in relation to spongiform disease

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-145

  Krakauer, David C ^a   Zanotto, Paolo M De A ^b   Pagel, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Prion disease; Prion evolution; Scrapie; Species barrier; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION DISEASE; SCRAPIE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BIRDS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031828358     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006370     Document Type: Article

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