Chronic wasting disease

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 305, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-78

  Gilch, Sabine ^a   Chitoor, Nandini ^a   Taguchi, Yuzuru ^a   Stuart, Melissa ^a   Jewell, Jean E ^a   Schätzl, Hermann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervid prions; Chronic wasting disease; Prion containment; Wild life prion disease; Zoonotic potential

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80054717984     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_159     Document Type: Article

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