Transcriptomic Determinants of Scrapie Prion Propagation in Cultured Ovine Microglia.

Susceptibility to infection by prions is highly dependent on the amino acid sequence and host expression of the cellular prion protein (PrPC); however, cellular expression of a genetically susceptible PrPC is insufficient. As an example, it has been shown in cultured cells that permissive and resist...

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Main Authors: Juan F Muñoz-Gutiérrez, Sebastián Aguilar Pierlé, David A Schneider, Timothy V Baszler, James B Stanton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4726464?pdf=render