Exosomes: Carriers of prions?;Les exosomes: Des convoyeurs de prions?

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-133

  Février, Benoît ^a   Laude, Hubert ^b   Raposo, Graça ^a   Vilette, Didier ^b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EXOSOME; LIPID COMPOSITION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NOTE; PRION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 13944266316     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2005212132     Document Type: Note

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