Biological and Biochemical Characterization of Mice Expressing Prion Protein Devoid of the Octapeptide Repeat Region after Infection with Prions

• Yoshitaka Yamaguchi,

  Affiliations Division of Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Hironori Miyata,

  Affiliation Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

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• Keiji Uchiyama,

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

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• Akira Ootsuyama,

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Biology and Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

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• Sachiko Inubushi,

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

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• Tsuyoshi Mori,

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

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• Naomi Muramatsu,

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

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• Shigeru Katamine,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Suehiro Sakaguchi

  * E-mail: sakaguch@ier.tokushima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Division of Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

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