Accumulation of pathological prion protein PrPSc in the skin of animals with experimental and natural scrapie

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 0659-0667

  Thomzig, Achim ^a   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter ^b   Wrede, Arne ^b   Wemheuer, Wilhelm ^c   Brenig, Bertram ^c   Kratzel, Christine ^a   Lemmer, Karin ^a   Beekes, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTER; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SYMPTOM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34249662650     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030066     Document Type: Article

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