Precise targeting of the pathology of the sialoglycoprotein, PrP, and vacuolar degeneration in mouse scrapie

Neuroscience Letters - Tập 102 - Trang 1-6 - 1989
M.E. Bruce1, P.A. McBride1, C.F. Farquhar1
1Institute for Animal Health, AFRC and MRC Neuropathogenesis Unit, Edinburgh, U.K.

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