Prion protein expression and processing in human mononuclear cells: the impact of the codon 129 prion gene polymorphism.

BACKGROUND:So far, all clinical cases of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), thought to result from the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) prion agent, have shown Methionine-Methionine (M/M) homozygosity at the M129V polymorphism of the PRNP gene. Although established, this relationshi...

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Main Authors: Christiane Segarra, Sylvain Lehmann, Joliette Coste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2686158?pdf=render