Immunolocalization of the prion protein in scrapie affected rodent retinas

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Foster, James ^a   Farquhar, Christine ^a   Fraser, Janet ^a   Somerville, Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prion protein; Retina; Rodents; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINOPATHY; RODENT; SCRAPIE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PRIONS; RETINA; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0033593506     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00903-3     Document Type: Article

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