Emergence of multiple prion strains from single isolates of ovine scrapie

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1482-1491

  Thackray, Alana M ^a   Hopkins, Lee ^a   Lockey, Richard ^b   Spiropoulos, John ^b   Bujdoso, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SERIAL PASSAGE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79956332419     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.028886-0     Document Type: Article

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