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The response of the 22A strain of scrapie agent to microwave irradiation compared with boiling.
Neuropathology and applied neurobiology - 1 Jun 1996
Taylor D M, Diprose M F
Abstract excerpt
The 22A strain of scrapie agent was exposed to boiling or microwave irradiation. Subsequent bioassay in IM and VM mice showed that neither treatment had inactivated the agent. Although IM and VM mice are homozygous for the p7 allele of the Sinc gene which controls the incubation period of scrapie in mice, the incubation period for unheated 22A was 22 days longer in IM compared with VM mice. This suggests that...
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