Production of cattle lacking prion protein

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-138

  Richt, Jürgen A ^a   Kasinathan, Poothappillai ^b   Hamir, Amir N ^a   Castilla, Joaquin ^c   Sathiyaseelan, Thillai ^b   Vargas, Francisco ^a   Sathiyaseelan, Janaki ^b   Wu, Hua ^b   Matsushita, Hiroaki ^b   Koster, Julie ^b   Kato, Shinichiro ^d,e   Ishida, Isao ^d   Soto, Claudio ^c   Robl, James M ^b   Kuroiwa, Yoshimi ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b Hematech Incorporated   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^e Gemini Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; DISEASES; GENE TRANSFER;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE); HISTOPATHOLOGICALLY; NATURAL HOST SPECIES; PRION PROPAGATION;

PROTEINS;

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CATTLE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRPC PROTEINS;

BOS; BOVINAE; MUS;

EID: 33846172709     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1271     Document Type: Article

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