The nature of transmission in prion diseases

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-280

  Ridley, R M ^a   Baker, H F ^a  

^a Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; CJD; Prion; Prion disease; Scrapie; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; GENE; GENE REPLICATION; HOST; HUMAN; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0030805528     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1997.tb01296.x     Document Type: Review

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