Fate of prions in soil: Longevity and migration of recPrP in soil columns

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1181-1191

  Cooke, Cindy M ^a   Shaw, George ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prion proteins; Protein adsorption; Protein migration; recPrP; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EFFLUENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEINS;

PRION PROTEINS; PROTEIN ADSORPTION; PROTEIN MIGRATION; RECPRP; SCRAPIE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; PROTEIN; SCRAPIE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847393638     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.12.030     Document Type: Article

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