Some physico-chemical parameters that influence proteinase K resistance and the infectivity of PrP Sc after high pressure treatment

Crude brain homogenates of terminally diseased hamsters infected with the 263 K strain of scrapie (PrP Sc) were heated and/or pressurized at 800 MPa at 60ºC for different times (a few seconds or 5, 30, 120 min) in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) of different pH and concentration. Prion proteins were...

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Main Authors: P. Heindl, A. Fernández García, M. Büttner, H. Voigt, P. Butz, B. Tauscher, E. Pfaff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2005-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000800010&tlng=en