Detection and localisation of PrPsc in the liver of sheep infected with scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Everest, Sally J ^a   Ramsay, Andrew M ^a   Chaplin, Melanie J ^a   Everitt, Sharon ^a   Stack, Michael J ^a   Neale, Michael H ^a   Jeffrey, Martin ^a   Moore, S Jo ^a   Bellworthy, Susan J ^a   Terry, Linda A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EWE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KUPFFER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CATTLE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 79955931963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019737     Document Type: Article

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