Prions and the prion disorders

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 497-502

  Fisher, Elizabeth ^a   Telling, Glenn ^a   Collinge, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NOTE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031878575     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900807     Document Type: Note

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