RNA aptamers specifically interact with the prion protein PrP

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 8790-8797

  Weiss, Stefan ^a   Proske, Daniela ^a   Neumann, Manuela ^b   Groschup, Martin H ^c   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^b   Famulok, Michael ^a   Winnacker, Ernst Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0030843497     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8790-8797.1997     Document Type: Article

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