HECTD2 is associated with susceptibility to mouse and human prion disease

Prion diseases are fatal transmissible neurodegenerative disorders, which include Scrapie, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), and kuru. They are characterised by a prolonged clinically silent incubation period, variation in which is determined by many factors, i...

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Main Authors: Lloyd, S., Maytham, E., Pota, H., Grizenkova, J., Molou, E., Uphill, J., Hummerich, H., Whitfield, J., Alpers, Michael Philip, Mead, S., Collinge, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14760