Prion strain targeting independent of strain-specific neuronal tropism

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Ayers, Jacob I ^a   Kincaid, Anthony E ^a,b   Bartz, Jason C ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSMISSIBLE MINK ENCEPHALOPATHY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

CRICETINAE; TRANSMISSIBLE MINK ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 58149401232     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01745-08     Document Type: Article

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