Scrapie strains retain their distinctive characteristics following passages of homogenates from different brain regions and spleen

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 283-290

  Carp, R I ^a   Meeker, H ^a   Sersen, E ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOGENATE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0031023679     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-1-283     Document Type: Article

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