Prion protein polymorphisms affect chronic wasting disease progression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Chad J ^a   Herbst, Allen ^b,c   Duque Velasquez, Camilo ^b,c   Vanderloo, Joshua P ^a   Bochsler, Phil ^d   Chappell, Rick ^a   McKenzie, Debbie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISEASE COURSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL TIME; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE PRION; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

EID: 79952801773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017450     Document Type: Article

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