Characterization of the effect of heat on agent strains of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1738-1748

  Somerville, Robert A ^a   Gentles, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEAT; HEATING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSIBLE MINK ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 79959289967     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.030452-0     Document Type: Article

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