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Nature of the scrapie agent: characterisation of candidate nucleic acids
Reference
BS204796
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Dr Robert Somerville
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
The Pirbright Institute
Department
Neuropathogenesis Unit
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
131,272
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
19/09/1995
End date
31/07/1998
Duration
34 months
Abstract
RNA bands have been observed on silver stained polyacrylamide gels which are unique to or in excess in scrapie brain extracts, compared to control extracts. We now propose to sequence these molecules and test their candidacy as scrapie genomic information.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
Biology of Spongiform Encephalopathies - Phase 2 (BS2) [1993]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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