Transmission of classical scrapie to wild-type mice: The influence of the ovine PrP sequence on lesion profiles

Archives of Virology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 903-906

  Beck, K E ^a   Cawthraw, S ^a   Saunders, G C ^a   Ellis, R ^a   Spiropoulos, J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CODON; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PRION; RODENT DISEASE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CODON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; RODENT DISEASES; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

MUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79955137586     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-0922-2     Document Type: Article

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