An improved method for cell-to-cell transmission of infectious prion

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-508

  Tanaka, Masahiko ^a,b   Hara, Hideyuki ^a   Nishina, Hiroshi ^b   Hanada, Kentaro ^a   Hagiwara, Ken'ichi ^a   Maehama, Tomohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical and Dental University ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Co culture method; Prion; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRION DISEASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 77954215536     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.05.143     Document Type: Article

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