Prion protein gene-deficient cell lines: Powerful tools for prion biology

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Sakudo, Akikazu ^a,b   Onodera, Takashi ^b   Ikuta, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BSE; Cell line; Oxidative stress; Prion disease; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 33846549467     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03877.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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