Antigenic features of prion proteins of sheep and of other mammalian species

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-101

  Groschup, Martin H ^a   Harmeyer, Silke ^a   Pfaff, Eberhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody stimulation; BSE; Immunotolerance; Prion protein; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CAT; COW; DOG; GOAT; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAMMAL; MINK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CATS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CRICETINAE; CROSS REACTIONS; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; GOATS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MINK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SWINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CRICETINAE; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030758986     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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