Murine cecal patch M cells transport infectious prions in vivo

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1916-1919

  Foster, Neil ^a   MacPherson, Gordon G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; CECUM; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEYER'S PATCHES; PRIONS;

EID: 78650393262     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657415     Document Type: Article

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