Transfer of scrapie prion infectivity by cell contact in culture

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 523-530

  Kanu, Nnennaya ^a   Imokawa, Yutaka ^a   Drechsel, David N ^a,b   Williamson, R Anthony ^c   Birkett, Christopher R ^d   Bostock, Christopher J ^d   Brockes, Jeremy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; POLYMER; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCRAPIE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; MICE; POLYMERS; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0037006804     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00722-4     Document Type: Article

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