In vitro replication highlights the mutability of prions

Prion

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-160

  Vanni, Ilaria ^a   Di Bari, Michele Angelo ^a   Pirisinu, Laura ^a   D'Agostino, Claudia ^a   Agrimi, Umberto ^a   Nonno, Romolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

PMCA; Prion; Prion mutation; PrPSc; Quasispecies; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; IN VITRO STUDY; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POPULATION; PRION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

PRION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; PRIONS;

EID: 84896918722     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.28468     Document Type: Article

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