Cell-specific susceptibility to prion strains is a property of the intact cell

Prion

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-374

  Herva, Maria E ^a,b   Weissmann, Charles ^a  

^a Scripps Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell panel assay; PMCA; Prion; Replication; Strains

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; MICE; NEURONS; PRION DISEASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 84866538076     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.20198     Document Type: Article

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