The use of transgenic mice in the investigation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 278-290

  Weissmann, C ^a   Fischer, M ^a   Raeber, A ^a   Bueler H ^a   Sailer, A ^b   Shmerling, D ^a   Rulicke T ^c   Brandner, S ^d   Aguzzi, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Genetics; Knockout mice; Prions; Scrapie; Transgenes; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 0040163571     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.17.1.1079     Document Type: Article

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