Isolation of two distinct prion strains from a scrapie-affected sheep

Archives of Virology

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1929-1932

  Masujin, Kentaro ^a   Shu, Yujing ^a   Okada, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuura, Yuichi ^a   Iwamaru, Yoshifumi ^a   Imamura, Morikazu ^a   Mohri, Shirou ^a   Yokoyama, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OBESITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; JAPAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OBESITY; PRIONS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

MUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 76149111108     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0534-2     Document Type: Article

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