Prions Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Prions, including details on mad cow disease, scrapie, cjd.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 10 (October)

1. Tandem repeat-like domain of "similar to prion protein" (StPrP) of Japanese pufferfish binds Cu(II) as effectively as the mammalian protein.
   Biochemistry, 45(40): 12227-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Infectious prions in the saliva and blood of deer with chronic wasting disease.
   Science, 314(5796): 133-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Lymphoid follicles of the ileal Peyer's patch of lambs express low levels of PrP, as demonstrated by quantitative real-time RT-PCR on microdissected tissue compartments, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry.
   J Gen Virol, 87: 3463-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Patterns of PrPCWD accumulation during the course of chronic wasting disease infection in orally inoculated mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
   J Gen Virol, 87: 3451-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prion protein in cardiac muscle of elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) infected with chronic wasting disease.
   J Gen Virol, 87: 3443-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. PrP genotypes of atypical scrapie cases in Great Britain.
   J Gen Virol, 87: 3141-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. A reassessment of copper(II) binding in the full-length prion protein.
   Biochem J, 399(3): 435-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Cellular prion protein in the bovine mammary gland is selectively expressed in active lactocytes.
   J Histochem Cytochem, 54(11): 1255-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Identification of pH-sensitive regions in the mouse prion by the cysteine-scanning spin-labeling ESR technique.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 350(3): 549-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. BSE inoculation to prion diseases-resistant sheep reveals tricky silent carriers.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 350(4): 872-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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