Detection of RNA in the Plasma of Patients with Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease, Gerstmann–Straüssler Syndrome and Other Non-Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Brain Disorders
The infectious agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) was assumed to be the aggregate of abnormal prion protein isoform (PrPsc). We observed that lowering the pH of 3% SDS-inoculated plasma or brain homogenate after PK digestion to 4.5 (acidic SDS condition) enabled to precipitate pr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2010-04-01
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Series: | Microbiology Insights |
Online Access: | http://la-press.com/detection-of-rna-in-the-plasma-of-patients-with-sporadic--creutzfeldtn-a1989 |