The Standard Scrapie Cell Assay: Development, Utility and Prospects
Prion diseases are a family of fatal neurodegenerative diseases that involve the misfolding of a host protein, PrPC. Measuring prion infectivity is necessary for determining efficacy of a treatment or infectivity of a prion purification procedure; animal bioassays are, however, very expensive and ti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Viruses |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/7/1/180 |