Prion protein in sheep urine

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-146

  Andrievskaia, Olga ^a   Algire, James ^a   Balachandran, Aru ^a   Nielsen, Klaus ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prion protein; Scrapie; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

GLYCOPEPTIDASE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; URINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE-N4-(N-ACETYL-BETA-GLUCOSAMINYL) ASPARAGINE AMIDASE; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 45849146200     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000201     Document Type: Article

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