Strain‐specific viral properties of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) are encoded by the agent and not by host prion protein
Manuelidis L, Liu Y, Mullins B. Strain‐specific viral properties of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) are encoded by the agent and not by host prion protein. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 2008, 106: 220-231. PMID: 19097123, PMCID: PMC2762821, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseBovine spongiform encephalopathyTransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesVCJD agentTSE strainsInfectious agentsNeuronal culturesEpidemic bovine spongiform encephalopathyMost viral infectionsCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseSpongiform encephalopathiesHost prion proteinHost PrP.Human CJDRegional neuropathologyVCJD brainPrion proteinSheep scrapie agentVariant CJDStrain-specific characteristicsBSE strainBrain homogenatesViral infectionPrimate brainScrapie agent