Protecting effect of PrP codons M142 and K222 in goats orally challenged with bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions

Protecting effect of PrP codons M142 and K222 in goats orally challenged with bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions

Abstract Breeding towards genetic resistance to prion disease is effective in eliminating scrapie. In sheep, classical forms of scrapie have been eradicated almost completely in several countries by breeding programs using a prion protein (PrP) gene (PRNP) amino acid polymorphism. For goats, field a...

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Main Authors: C. Fast, W. Goldmann, P. Berthon, K. Tauscher, O. Andréoletti, I. Lantier, C. Rossignol, A. Bossers, J. G. Jacobs, N. Hunter, M. H. Groschup, F. Lantier, J. P. M. Langeveld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-017-0455-0

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