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Prion Strain Mutation Determined by Prion Protein Conformational Compatibility and Primary Structure by Angers, Rachel C, Kang, Hae-Eun, Napier, Dana, Browning, Shawn, Seward, Tanya, Mathiason, Candace, Balachandran, Aru, McKenzie, Debbie, Castilla, Joaquín, Soto, Claudio, Jewell, Jean, Graham, Catherine, Hoover, Edward A, Telling, Glenn C

“…Prions are infectious proteins composed of the abnormal disease-causing isoform PrPSc, which induces conformational conversion of the host-encoded normal…”
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Prion replication without host adaptation during interspecies transmissions by Bian, Jifeng, Khaychuk, Vadim, Angers, Rachel C., Fernández-Borges, Natalia, Vidal, Enric, Meyerett-Reid, Crystal, Kim, Sehun, Calvi, Carla L., Bartz, Jason C., Hoover, Edward A., Agrimi, Umberto, Richt, Jürgen A., Castilla, Joaquín, Telling, Glenn C.

“…Adaptation of prions to new species is thought to reflect the capacity of the host-encoded cellular form of the prion protein (PrPC) to selectively propagate…”
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Chronic wasting disease prions in elk antler velvet by Angers, Rachel C, Seward, Tanya S, Napier, Dana, Green, Michael, Hoover, Edward, Spraker, Terry, O'Rourke, Katherine, Balachandran, Aru, Telling, Glenn C

“…Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious, fatal prion disease of deer and elk that continues to emerge in new locations. To explore the means by which…”
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Prions in Skeletal Muscles of Deer with Chronic Wasting Disease by Angers, Rachel C, Browning, Shawn R, Seward, Tanya S, Sigurdson, Christina J, Miller, Michael W, Hoover, Edward A, Telling, Glenn C

“…The emergence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk in an increasingly wide geographic area, as well as the interspecies transmission of bovine…”
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