Chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion strains evolve via adaptive diversification of conformers in hosts expressing prion protein polymorphisms
Camilo Duque Velásquez, Chae Kim, Tracy Haldiman, Chiye Kim, Allen Herbst, Judd M. Aiken, Jiri Safar, Debbie McKenzie
Abstract
polymorphisms during prion strain evolution.
Topics & Concepts
Chronic wasting diseaseBiologyEnzooticConformational isomerismPhenotypeVirologyPrion proteinGeneticsVirusGeneScrapieDiseaseChemistryMedicineOrganic chemistryPathologyMoleculePrion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingNeurological diseases and metabolism