Evidence that single-stranded DNA wrapped around the tubulofilamentous particles termed 'nemaviruses' is the genome of the scrapie agent

Research in Virology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 375-382

  Narang, H K ^a  

^a Ken Bell International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Scrapie associated fibrils; Hamster; Nemavirus; Protease resistant protein; Scrapie; Spongiform encephalopathies; Tubulofilamentous particles

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOME; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0032209164     PISSN: 09232516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2516(99)80005-3     Document Type: Article

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