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Preferred term

PrPC Proteins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Normal cellular isoform of PRION PROTEINS encoded by a chromosomal gene and found in normal and scrapie-infected brain tissue, and other normal tissue. PrPC are protease-sensitive proteins whose function is unknown. Posttranslational modification of PrPC into PrPSC leads to infectivity.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Cp 33-35
  • Cp33-35, Scrapie
  • PrP-sen
  • Scrapie Amyloid Precursor Protein

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZWW2DFQF-X

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