Fate of prions in soil: Interactions of RecPrP with organic matter of soil aggregates as revealed by LTA-PAS

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 728-733

  Pucci, Amaranta ^a,b   D'Acqui, Luigi Paolo ^b   Calamai, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AGGREGATES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PEELING; PROTEINS;

OM REMOVAL; PRIONS; RECOMBINANT PRION PROTEIN;

SOILS;

MINERAL; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AGGREGATES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PEELING; PROTEINS; SOILS;

ADSORPTION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PERCOLATION; PROTEIN; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; GLYCOSYLATION; ISOTHERM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACOUSTIC FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SOIL; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 38949177027     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071314q     Document Type: Article

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