A sensitive and quantitative assay for normal PrP in plasma

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-259

  Gregori, Luisa ^a   Gray, Benjamin N ^a   Rose, Elaine ^a   Spinner, Daryl S ^b   Kascsak, Richard J ^b   Rohwer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diagnostic; Immunoassay; Plasma; Prion; TSE

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRICETINAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PLASMA; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 41349117359     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.01.028     Document Type: Article

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