Affinity Association between Polynucleotide, Glycoprotein, or Sulfated Polysaccharides and Disease-Associated Prion Protein
Proteinase-K resistant prion protein (PrPres) has the property to aggregate in TSE-injured animal tissues. We have developed a test method to discriminate scrapie-infected and mock-infected hamsters by detecting the PrPres in plasma. It seemed that aggregation of the PrPres with some heterogeneous m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-01-01
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Series: | Microbiology Insights |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/MBI.S3103 |