Cell-free propagation of prion strains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2557-2566

  Castilla, Joaquín ^a   Morales, Rodrigo ^a,b   Saá, Paula ^a,c   Barria, Marcelo ^a   Gambetti, Pierluigi ^d   Soto, Claudio ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious agent; Prions; Protein misfolding; Strains; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRION DISEASES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PRPSC PROTEINS; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

MUS;

EID: 53549095695     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.181     Document Type: Article

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