Protease-resistant PrP deposition in brain and non-central nervous system tissues of a murine model of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1941-1946

  Farquhar, C F ^a   Dornan, J ^a   Moore, R C ^a   Somerville, R A ^a   Tunstall, A M ^b   Hope, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0029781211     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-8-1941     Document Type: Article

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