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Small Proteins Encoded by Unannotated ORFs are Rising Stars of the Proteome, Confirming Shortcomings in Genome Annotations and Current Vision of an mRNA by Delcourt, Vivian, Staskevicius, Antanas, Salzet, Michel, Fournier, Isabelle, Roucou, Xavier

“…Short ORF‐encoded peptides and small proteins in eukaryotes have been hiding in the shadow of large proteins for a long time. Recently, improved…”
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Estimating relative CWD susceptibility and disease progression in farmed white-tailed deer with rare PRNP alleles by Haley, Nicholas J, Merrett, Kahla, Buros Stein, Amy, Simpson, Dennis, Carlson, Andrew, Mitchell, Gordon, Staskevicius, Antanas, Nichols, Tracy, Lehmkuhl, Aaron D, Thomsen, Bruce V

“…Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease affecting both free-ranging and farmed cervids in North America and Scandinavia. A range of cervid species have been…”
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Biodegradation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions in compost by Xu, Shanwei, Abeysekara, Sujeema, Dudas, Sandor, Czub, Stefanie, Staskevicius, Antanas, Mitchell, Gordon, Amoako, Kingsley K., McAllister, Tim A.

“…To reduce the transmission risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions (PrP BSE ), specified risk materials (SRM) that can harbour PrP BSE are prevented…”
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An overlapping reading frame in the PRNP gene encodes a novel polypeptide distinct from the prion protein by Vanderperre, Benoît, Staskevicius, Antanas B., Tremblay, Guillaume, McCoy, Marie, O'Neill, Megan A., Cashman, Neil R., Roucou, Xavier

“…ABSTRACT The prion protein gene PRNP directs the synthesis of one of the most intensively studied mammalian proteins, the prion protein (PrP). Yet the…”
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Aggregation and neurotoxicity of recombinant α-synuclein aggregates initiated by dimerization by Roostaee, Alireza, Beaudoin, Simon, Staskevicius, Antanas, Roucou, Xavier

“…Aggregation of the α-Synuclein (α-Syn) protein, amyloid fibril formation and progressive neurodegeneration are the neuropathological hallmarks of Parkinson's…”
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Large‐scale prion protein genotyping in Canadian caribou populations and potential impact on chronic wasting disease susceptibility by Arifin, Maria Immaculata, Staskevicius, Antanas, Shim, Su Yeon, Huang, Yuan‐Hung, Fenton, Heather, McLoughlin, Philip D., Mitchell, Gordon, Cullingham, Catherine I, Gilch, Sabine

“…Polymorphisms within the prion protein gene (Prnp) are an intrinsic factor that can modulate chronic wasting disease (CWD) pathogenesis in cervids. Although…”
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Aggregation and neurotoxicity of recombinant [alpha]-synuclein aggregates initiated by dimerization by Roostaee, Alireza, Beaudoin, Simon, Staskevicius, Antanas, Roucou, Xavier

“…Background Aggregation of the [alpha]-Synuclein ([alpha]-Syn) protein, amyloid fibril formation and progressive neurodegeneration are the neuropathological…”
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