Lymphoid follicles of the ileal Peyers's patch of lambs express low levels of PrP, as demonstrated by quantitative real-time RT-PCR on microdissected tissue compartments, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3463-3471

  Austbø, Lars ^a   Espenes, Arild ^a   Olsaker, Ingrid ^a   McL Press, Charles ^a   Skretting, Grethe ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LAMB; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MICRODISSECTION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRAPIE; SUBMUCOSA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33750278084     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82008-0     Document Type: Article

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