Fast, definitive diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is important in assessing
patient care options and transmission risks. Real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) …

Cellular prion protein (PrP C ) is a glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI)–anchored protein, of
unknown function, found in a number of tissues throughout the body, including several blood …

Background To better characterize the value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins as diagnostic
markers in a clinical population of subacute encephalopathy patients with relatively low …

Background Human prion diseases are rare and usually rapidly fatal neurodegenerative
disorders, the most common being sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Variants in the …

Widely expressed in the adult central nervous system, the cellular prion protein (PrP C ) is
implicated in a variety of processes, including neuronal excitability. Dipeptidyl aminopeptidase…

The epidemiology and possibly the etiology of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
have recently been recognized to be heterogeneous. In particular, three types [classical (C) …

We surveyed genetic polymorphism by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of male
reproductive tract proteins in 20 isofemale lines each ofDrosophila melanogaster andDrosophila …

The mitochondrial genomes of wheat and rye each contain a three-member family of
recombining repeat peat sequences (the “18S/5S repeat”) that encode genes for 18S and 5S …

Invasive meningococcal disease is nationally reportable in Canada. In recent years, a
serogroup C genotype, designated electrophoretic type 15 (ET15), has been the most frequently …

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) comprises a group of transmissible neurodegenerative
diseases with vast phenotypic diversity. Sporadic CJD heterogeneity is predominantly …