Characteristics of prion protein (PrP(Sc)) in the brains of hamster inoculated serially with a mouse-passaged scrapie strain

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 123-130

  Kimura, K ^a   Kubo, M ^a   Yokoyama, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE AGENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0034104678     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.1999.0348     Document Type: Article

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