Species barriers for chronic wasting disease by in vitro conversion of prion protein

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 796-800

  Li, Li ^a   Coulthart, Michael B ^b   Balachandran, Aru ^c   Chakrabartty, Avi ^d   Cashman, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

CWD; In vitro conversion; PrPC; PrPSc; Species barrier

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DEER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRPC PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE;

EID: 36148936757     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.10.087     Document Type: Article

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