A hypothalamic neuronal cell line persistently infected with scrapie prions exhibits apoptosis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 8821-8831

  Schätzl, Hermann M ^a,c   Laszlo, Lajos ^a,d   Holtzman, David M ^a,e   Tatzelt, Jörg ^a,f   Dearmond, Stephen J ^a   Weiner, Richard I ^b   Mobley, William C ^a   Prusiner, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037611374     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8821-8831.1997     Document Type: Article

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