Strain-specific viral properties of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are encoded by the agent and not by host prion protein

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-231

  Manuelidis, Laura ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Mullins, Brian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

263K scrapie; BSE; Neurodegeneration; Plaques; PRP; Spleen; Sporadic CJD; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PRION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION; MURINAE; MUS; OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SERIAL PASSAGE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61449178888     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21988     Document Type: Article

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