Sites of prion protein accumulation in scrapie-infected mouse spleen revealed by immuno-electron microscopy

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-332

  Jeffrey, Martin ^a   McGovern, Gillian ^a   Goodsir, Caroline M ^a   Brown, Karen L ^b   Bruce, Moira E ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Follicular dendritic cells; Immunogold; Priori protein; Scrapie; Spleen; Spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SPLEEN;

EID: 0033947543     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9896(200007)191:3<323::AID-PATH629>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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