Ultra-sensitive detection of prion protein fibrils by flow cytometry in blood from cattle affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Trieschmann, Lothar ^a   Santos, Alexander Navarrete ^a   Kaschig, Katja ^a   Torkler, Sandra ^a   Maas, Elke ^b   Schätzl, Hermann ^b   Böhm, Gerald ^a  

^a ACGT ProGenomics AG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MONOMERS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE); CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (CJD); FLOW CYTOMETRY; PRION PROTEIN FIBRILS;

PROTEINS;

MONOMER; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PRION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KINETICS; PRIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644594305     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-5-26     Document Type: Article

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