Transgenic mouse models and prion strains

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 305, Issue , 2011, Pages 79-100

  Telling, Glenn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quasi species; Species barriers; Strains; Transgenic models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80054725724     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_166     Document Type: Article

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