Shortest known prion protein allele in highly BSE-susceptible lemurs

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 381, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 521-523

  Glich, Sabine ^a   Spielhaupter, Christian ^a   Schätzl, Hermann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BSE; Lemur; Octarepeats; Prion; Prosimians; PrP allele

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEMUR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BOVINAE; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0343953008     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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