Reduced proteinase K resistance and infectivity of prions after pressure treatment at 60 °C

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 261-264

  Fernández García, Avelina ^a   Heindl, Philipp ^a   Voigt, Heiner ^b   Büttner, Matthias ^b   Wienhold, Daniel ^b   Butz, Peter ^a   Stärke, Joachim ^a   Tauscher, Bernhard ^a   Pfaff, Eberhard ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b Virus Diseases of Animals   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; DISINFECTION; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HEAT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 18744425443     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19410-0     Document Type: Article

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