Syrian hamster prion protein (PrP(c) is expressed in photoreceptor cells of the adult retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-14

  Azhar Chishti, M ^a   Strome, Robert ^a   Carlson, George A ^c   Westaway, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c McLaugh Res Inst for Biomed Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

Histoblots; Prion replication; Retina; Scrapie; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOTORECEPTORS; PRIONS;

EID: 0343118138     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00669-1     Document Type: Article

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