Variation of the prion gene in chimpanzees and its implication for prion diseases

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 157-160

  Soldevila, M ^a   Andres A M ^a   Blancher, A ^b   Calafell, F ^a   Ordonez M ^c   Pumarola, M ^d   Oliva, B ^a   Aramburu, J ^a   Bertranpetit, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Codon 129; Codon 148; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Polymorphism; Prion; Prionics test; PRNP

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; AMYLOID; INFECTIOUS AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1542287199     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.09.073     Document Type: Article

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