A case of scrapie in a sheep carrying the lysine-171 allele of the prion protein gene

Archives of Virology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1875-1880

  Acutis, P L ^a,b   Martucci, F ^a   Mazza, M ^a   Peletto, S ^a   Iulini, B ^a   Corona, C ^a   Bozzetta, E ^a   Casalone, C ^a   Caramelli, M ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b Liguria e Valle d'Aosta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ITALY; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN STEM; ITALY; LYSINE; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33747088640     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0748-5     Document Type: Article

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