Mouse polyclonal and monoclonal antibody to scrapie-associated fibril proteins.

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Published in J Virol on December 01, 1987

Authors

R J Kascsak1, R Rubenstein, P A Merz, M Tonna-DeMasi, R Fersko, R I Carp, H M Wisniewski, H Diringer

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1: New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island 10314.

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