Abnormal prion protein in genetically resistant sheep from a scrapie-infected flock

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3483-3486

  Madec, J Y ^a   Simon, S ^b   Lezmi, S ^a   Bencsik, A ^a   Grassi, J ^b   Baron, T ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAGUS NERVE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARRIER STATE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PRIONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 7444221871     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80220-0     Document Type: Article

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