Characterization of a prion protein (PrP) gene from rabbit; A species with apparent resistance to infection by prions

Gene

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-219

  Loftus, Brendan ^a   Rogers, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antigenic determinant; Antiserum; Comparative study; Open reading frame; Sequence data; Species cross reacting; Species specific

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PRIONS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCRAPIE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031030396     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00598-7     Document Type: Article

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