vCJD prion acquires altered virulence through trans-species infection

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 342, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Asano, Masahiro ^a   Mohri, Shirou ^b   Ironside, James W ^c   Ito, Mamoru ^d   Tamaoki, Norikazu ^d   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovinized mouse; BSE; Follicular dendritic cell; Humanized mouse; Polymorphism; Prion; PrP; Traceback; vCJD; Virulence

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CELL ASSAY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 32644461629     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.149     Document Type: Article

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