Susceptibility of Transgenic mice expressing chimeric sheep, bovine and human PrP genes to sheep scrapie

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-347

  Gombojav, Altangerel ^a,e   Shimauchi, Ikuko ^a   Horiuchi, Motohiro ^a   Ishiguro, Naotaka ^a   Shinagawa, Morikazu ^a   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^b   Miyoshi, Ichiro ^b   Mohri, Shirou ^c   Takata, Masuhiro ^d  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Prion; PrP transgene; Scrapie susceptibility; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; OVIS ARIES;

HYBRID PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CATTLE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRIONS; PRPSC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0037643310     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.65.341     Document Type: Article

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