Generation of genuine prion infectivity by serial PMCA

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 346-357

  Weber, Petra ^a   Giese, Armin ^a   Piening, Niklas ^a   Mitteregger, Gerda ^a   Thomzig, Achim ^b   Beekes, Michael ^b   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clearance; Infectivity; Nitrocellulose; Self propagation; Size distribution; sPMCA

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; PYROXYLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CLEARANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MISFOLDING; PROTEIN MISFOLDING CYCLIC AMPLIFICATION; SCRAPIE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALYSIS; CRICETINAE; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; MESOCRICETUS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 34547096014     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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