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SUBMITTER: Heaton MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2478677 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heaton Michael P MP Keele John W JW Harhay Gregory P GP Richt Jürgen A JA Koohmaraie Mohammad M Wheeler Tommy L TL Shackelford Steven D SD Casas Eduardo E King D Andy DA Sonstegard Tad S TS Van Tassell Curtis P CP Neibergs Holly L HL Chase Chad C CC Kalbfleisch Theodore S TS Smith Timothy P L TP Clawson Michael L ML Laegreid William W WW
BMC veterinary research 20080714
<h4>Background</h4>In 2006, an atypical U.S. case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was discovered in Alabama and later reported to be polymorphic for glutamate (E) and lysine (K) codons at position 211 in the bovine prion protein gene (Prnp) coding sequence. A bovine E211K mutation is important because it is analogous to the most common pathogenic mutation in humans (E200K) which causes hereditary Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease, an autosomal dominant form of prion disease. The present repo ...[more]