Early detection of PrPres in BSE-infected bovine PrP transgenic mice

Archives of Virology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 677-691

  Castilla, J ^a   Gutierrez Adan A ^b   Brun, A ^a   Pintado, B ^b   Ramirez M A ^a   Parra, B ^a   Doyle, D ^c   Rogers, M ^c   Salguero, F J ^a   Sanchez C ^a   Sanchez Vizcaino J M ^a   Torres, J M ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Depto Reprod Anim Conservacion R   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; OVIS ARIES; SCRAPIE PRION;

NERVE PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PRION; SCRAPIE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRIONS; PRPC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037389545     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-002-0958-4     Document Type: Article

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