Tracking prions: The neurografting approach

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 485-495

  Aguzzi, A ^a   Blattler T ^a   Klein, M A ^a   Raber A J ^a   Hegyi, I ^a   Frigg, R ^a   Brandner, S ^a   Weissmann, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BSE; Knockout mice; Neurografts; Prion diseases; Scrapie; Spongiform encephalopathies; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN GRAFT; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030858045     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050060     Document Type: Review

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