Foreword     51
Olivier Andréoletti and Jean-Michel Elsen
Published Online: 17 July 2008
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Physiological role of the cellular prion protein     09
Viviana Zomosa-Signoret, Jacques-Damien Arnaud, Pascaline Fontes, Maria-Terresa Alvarez-Martinez and Jean-Pierre Liautard
Published Online: 27 November 2007
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Cell models of prion infection     10
Didier Vilette
Published Online: 27 November 2007
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Review on the epidemiology and dynamics of BSE epidemics     15
Christian Ducrot, Mark Arnold, Aline de Koeijer, Dagmar Heim and Didier Calavas
Published Online: 11 January 2008
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Atypical/Nor98 scrapie: properties of the agent, genetics, and epidemiology     19
Sylvie L. Benestad, Jean-Noël Arsac, Wilfred Goldmann and Maria Nöremark
Published Online: 11 January 2008
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TSE pathogenesis in cattle and sheep     24
Lucien J.M. van Keulen, Alex Bossers and Fred van Zijderveld
Published Online: 8 February 2008
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Progress and limits of PrP gene selection policy     25
Michael Dawson, Richard C. Moore and Stephen C. Bishop
Published Online: 8 February 2008
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The evidence of associations between prion protein genotype and production, reproduction, and health traits in sheep     28
Torres Sweeney and John P. Hanrahan
Published Online: 15 February 2008
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PrP genetics in ruminant transmissible spongiform encephalopathies     30
Wilfred Goldmann
Published Online: 15 February 2008
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Rodent models for prion diseases     32
Martin H. Groschup and Anne Buschmann
Published Online: 15 February 2008
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Progress and limits of TSE diagnostic tools     33
Jacques Grassi, Séverine Maillet, Stéphanie Simon and Nathalie Morel
Published Online: 15 February 2008
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Approaches to investigating transmission of spongiform encephalopathies in domestic animals using BSE as an example     34
Marion Mathieson Simmons, John Spiropoulos, Stephen Anthony Charles Hawkins, Susan Jane Bellworthy and Susan Carol Tongue
Published Online: 15 February 2008
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A prion disease of cervids: Chronic wasting disease     41
Christina J. Sigurdson
Published Online: 3 April 2008
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Cellular pathogenesis in prion diseases     44
Carole Crozet, Florence Beranger and Sylvain Lehmann
Published Online: 17 April 2008
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Review  
Prion agent diversity and species barrier     47
Vincent Béringue, Jean-Luc Vilotte and Hubert Laude
Published Online: 3 June 2008
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Misfolding of the prion protein: linking biophysical and biological approaches     48
Sylvie Noinville, Jean-François Chich and Human Rezaei
Published Online: 5 June 2008
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