Prion neuropathology follows the accumulation of alternate prion protein isoforms after infective titre has peaked

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sandberg, Malin K ^a   Al Doujaily, Huda ^a   Sharps, Bernadette ^a   De Oliveira, Michael Wiggins ^a   Schmidt, Christian ^a   Richard Londt, Angela ^a   Lyall, Sarah ^a   Linehan, Jacqueline M ^a   Brandner, Sebastian ^a   Wadsworth, Jonathan D F ^a   Clarke, Anthony R ^a   Collinge, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFECTIVITY; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PRION DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; PRION DISEASES; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 84904215335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5347     Document Type: Article

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