Fundamentals of prion biology and diseases

Toxicology

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2002, Pages 9-16

  DeArmond, Stephen J ^a,b   Bouzamondo, Essia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Mad cow' disease; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Gerstmann Str ussler Scheinker disease; Prion protein; Prions; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037184778     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00249-4     Document Type: Article

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