Naturally prion resistant mammals: A utopia?

Prion

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-429

  Fernández Borges, Natalia ^a   Chianini, Francesca ^c   Eraña, Hasier ^a   Vidal, Enric ^d   Eaton, Samantha L ^c   Pintado, Belén ^e   Finlayson, Jeanie ^c   Dagleish, Mark P ^c   Castilla, Joaquín ^a,b  

^a CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

In vitro replication; PMCA; Prion diseases; PrP; Rabbit; Transmission barrier; TSE

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PRION PROTEIN;

BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; PRION DISEASE; PRNP GENE; RABBITS AND HARES; REVIEW; SHEEP; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MICE; PRION DISEASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PRPSC PROTEINS; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEPORIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84869775822     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.22057     Document Type: Review

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