Similar biochemical signatures and prion protein genotypes in atypical scrapie and Nor98 cases, France and Norway

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Arsac, Jean Noël ^a   Andreoletti, Olivier ^b   Bilheude, Jean Marc ^c   Lacroux, Caroline ^b   Benestad, Sylvie L ^d   Baron, Thierry ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Bio Rad   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGLYCOSYLATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPITOPE MAPPING; FRANCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRP GENE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33846047010     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060393     Document Type: Article

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