Atypical proteinase K-resistant prion protein (PrPres) observed in an apparently healthy 23-month-old Holstein steer

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2003 Oct-Dec;56(5-6):221-2.

Authors

Yoshio Yamakawa¹, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Kyoko Nohtomi, Yuko Nakamura, Masahiro Nishijima, Yoshimi Higuchi, Yuko Sato, Tetsutaro Sata; Expert Committee for BSE Diagnosis, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. yamakawa@nih.go.jp

PMID: 14695437

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Blotting, Western
Cattle
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / metabolism*
Endopeptidase K / metabolism*
Japan
Male
PrPSc Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

PrPSc Proteins
Endopeptidase K