Association of chronic wasting disease susceptibility with prion protein variation in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Ishida, Y; Tian, T; Brandt, AL; Kelly, AC; Shelton, P; Roca, AL; Novakofski, J; Mateus-Pinilla, NE

Mateus-Pinilla, NE (corresponding author), Univ Illinois, Illinois Nat Hist Survey, Prairie Res Inst, Champaign, IL 61820 USA.

PRION, 2020; 14 (1): 214

Abstract

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is caused by prions, infectious proteinaceous particles, PrPCWD. We sequenced thePRNPgene of 2,899 white-tailed deer (WT......

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