Rabbits are not resistant to prion infection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 5080-5085

  Chianini, Francesca ^a,b   Fernández Borges, Natalia ^b,d   Vidal, Enric ^f   Gibbard, Louise ^a   Pintado, Belén ^g   De Castro, Jorge ^d   Priola, Suzette A ^e   Hamilton, Scott ^a   Eaton, Samantha L ^a   Finlayson, Jeanie ^a   Pang, Yvonne ^a   Steele, Philip ^a   Reid, Hugh W ^a   Dagleish, Mark P ^a   Castilla, Joaquín ^b,c,d  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d Scripps Florida ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

In vitro replication; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RABBIT; RABBIT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; LEPORIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84859454637     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120076109     Document Type: Article

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