TY - GEN AU - Jones,Michael AU - Peden,Alexander H AU - Yull,Helen AU - Wight,Darren AU - Bishop,Matthew T AU - Prowse,Chris V AU - Turner,Marc L AU - Ironside,James W AU - MacGregor,Ian R AU - Head,Mark W TI - Human platelets as a substrate source for the in vitro amplification of the abnormal prion protein (PrP) associated with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease SN - 1537-2995 PY - 2009///0529 KW - Blood Platelets KW - metabolism KW - Brain Chemistry KW - Codon KW - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome KW - genetics KW - Humans KW - Immunoassay KW - methods KW - Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques KW - Polymorphism, Genetic KW - PrPSc Proteins KW - analysis KW - Protein Conformation KW - Protein Folding KW - Sensitivity and Specificity KW - Substrate Specificity N1 - Publication Type: Evaluation Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01954.x ER -