Experimental transmission of two young and one suspended bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cases to bonivized transgenic mice

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 317-320

  Yokoyama, Takashi ^a   Masujin, Kentaro ^a   Yamakawa, Yoshio ^b   Sata, Tetsutaro ^b   Murayama, Yuichi ^a   Shu, Yujing ^a   Okada, Hiroyuki ^a   Mohri, Shirou ^a   Shinagawa, Morikazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 34948822909     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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