Molecular discrimination of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy strains from a geographical region spanning a wide area in Europe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1821-1829

  Jacobs, Jorg G ^a   Langeveld, Jan P M ^a   Biacabe, Anne Gaëlle ^b   Acutis, Pier Luigi ^c   Polak, Miroslaw P ^d   Gavier Widen, Dolores ^e   Buschmann, Anne ^f   Caramelli, Maria ^c   Casalone, Cristina ^c   Mazza, Maria ^c   Groschup, Martin ^f   Erkens, Jo H F ^a   Davidse, Aart ^a   Van Zijderveld, Fred G ^a   Baron, Thierry ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATTLE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; EUROPE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; PRPSC PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34250630920     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00160-07     Document Type: Article

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