Distinct immunohistochemical localization in Kuru plaques using novel anti-prion protein antibodies

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Hosokawa, Tomoko ^a   Ono, Fumiko ^b   Tsuchiya, Kotaro ^a   Sato, Ichiro ^a   Takeyama, Natsumi ^a   Ueda, Susumu ^a   Zanusso, Gianluigi ^c   Takahashi, Hidehiro ^d   Sata, Tetsutaro ^d   Sakudo, Akikazu ^a   Suguira, Katsuaki ^e   Baj, Andreina ^f   Toniolo, Antonio ^f   Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Onodera, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b The Corporation for Production and Research of Laboratory Primates   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS INSPECTION CENTER   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt jakob disease; Prion; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 1D12; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2B11; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2D8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 4B5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 64C; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 6G3 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY T2; PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; COW; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KURU; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE AGENT; SQUIRREL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATTLE; CEBIDAE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PRION;

BOVINAE; MURINAE; MUS; OVIS; SAIMIRI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN; CATTLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; KURU; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRIONS; SAIMIRI;

EID: 51449098884     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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