Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Antler Velvet
Rachel C. Angers
1, Tanya S. Seward, Dana Napier, Michael Green, Edward Hoover, Terry Spraker, Katherine O’Rourke, Aru Balachandran, and Glenn C. Telling
Author affiliations: University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (R.C. Angers, T.S. Seward, D. Napier, M. Green, G.C. Telling); Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (E. Hoover, T. Spraker); US Department of Agriculture, Pullman, Washington, USA (K. O’Rourke); Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (A. Balachandran); 1Current affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
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Figure 2. Accumulation of PrPSc (disease-associated form of prion protein) in diseased transgenic (Tg) mice. Tg(CerPrP)1536+/– and Tg(CerPrPE226)5037+/– mice inoculated with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), elk brain (B), or antler velvet (A) were treated with or without proteinase K (PK). Membranes were probed with monoclonal antibody 6H4. Molecular weights indicated are 37, 29, and 20 kD.
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