Antiserum to scrapie-associated fibril protein cross-reacts with Spiroplasma mirum fibril proteins.
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Protease-resistant fibril proteins purified from Spiroplasma mirum and from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease-infected brain tissues reacted with antisera to scrapie-associated fibrils on Western immunoblot analysis. These data suggest that there are conformational similarities among spiroplasma proteins and infection-specific proteins of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 25 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987