Identification of problems developing an ultrasensitive immunoassay for the ante mortem detection of the infectious isoform of the CWD-associated prion protein

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-149

  Brooks, Benjamin ^a   Brooks, Amanda ^a   Wulff, Shaun S ^a   Lewis, Randolph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics study; Chronic wasting disease; Immunoassay; Prion antibodies; Prion protein; Ultrasensitive

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOASSAY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; TITRIMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PRION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

EID: 65549106095     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: 15324230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321810902782848     Document Type: Article

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