Distinct patterns of spread of prion infection in brains of mice expressing anchorless or anchored forms of prion protein

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rangel, Alejandra ^a   Race, Brent ^a   Phillips, Katie ^a   Striebel, James ^a   Kurtz, Nancy ^a   Chesebro, Bruce ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Brain interstitial fluid; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Glycophosphatidylinositol anchor; Prion; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; AIF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PRION; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SCRAPIE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; BRAIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 84908879443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-8     Document Type: Article

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