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Topic: Prions

Posted By: Guests
Subject: Prions
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2011 at 11:10am

Could you point me to some references on prions? Heat etc.

Marve

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Posted By: formula123
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 9:10pm

Marvin

I am recommending two references to get you started:

1. Blanchfield, J.R. 1998. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)—a review. Int. J. Food Sd. Technol. 33:81-97.

2. Thomas Raul Appel, Michael Wolff, Friedrich von Rheinbaben, Michael Heinzeland Detlev Riesner. (2001) Journal of General Virology. 82, 465-473.

The latter reference provides a good overview of the heat resistance of 'prions' (there are different types) and also makes reference to the regulatory requirements within the EU e.g. autoclaving at 133 °C for 20 min for a prion inactivation factor of 10^8.