Table 1. Prion disease in transgenic mice expressing different ovine PrP scrapie susceptibility alleles.
Isolate | Genotype | Mean time to disease onset ± standard error of the mean (SEM), days1 | ||
Tg(OvPrP-V136)4166+/− | Tg(OvPrP-A136)3533+/− | Tg(OvPrP-A/V) | ||
2 None | >552 (0/4) | >429 (0/5) | ||
2 SSBP/1 | A136/V136 | 132±2 (8/8) | 412±49 (6/6) | 105±5 (7/7) |
3 SSBP/1 | A136/V136 | 133±1 (15/15) | 367±10 (15/15) | |
2 CH1641 | A136/V136 | >564 (0/6) | 310±21 (6/6) |
The number of mice developing clinical signs of prion disease divided by the original number of inoculated mice is shown in parentheses.
Inoculations performed in Telling lab.
Inoculations performed in Hunter lab.