Complement component C5 is not involved in scrapie pathogenesis

Immunobiology

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 545-549

  Mabbott, Neil A ^a   Bruce, Moira E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C5; Complement; Membrane attack complex; Prion; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCRAPIE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 4444291008     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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