(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
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prion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | particle, subatomic particle |
Examples of prion
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Plasminogen stimulates propagation of protease-resistant prion protein in vitro.
From the sciencedaily.com
A normal brain protein called PrPC misfolds into the prion protein called PrPSc.
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The scan located about 200 candidate prion-coding sequences in the yeast genome.
From the sciencedaily.com
Evolutionary conservation of prion-forming abilities of the yeast Sup35 protein.
From the nature.com
Only one sample was contaminated with the prion proteins that cause the disease.
From the newscientist.com
The research team took on the prion-forming domain of the fungal protein HET-s.
From the sciencedaily.com
Andrea Bottaro has an excellent review of prion genetics over at Panda's Thumb.
From the scienceblogs.com
They have the potential to carry KJD, a prion disease similar to mad cow or kuru.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
These are quite effective in reducing the prion levels of cultured nerve cells.
From the economist.com
- (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
- A proteinaceous infectious particle, or prion, is an infectious agent composed primarily of protein. The word prion, coined in 1982 by Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner, is a portmanteau derived from the words protein and infection. ...
- The Prions are small petrels in the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena. They form one of the four groups within the Procellariidae (also referred to as the prions), along with the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels.
- A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue
- (prionic) Of, pertaining to or caused by a prion
- (Prions) Microscopic particles made of protein that can cause disease.
- (prions) Infectious agents composed only of one or more protein molecules without any accompanying genetic information.
- (prions) an infective group of complex organic compounds (proteins) suggested as the causative agents of several infectious diseases.
- PROteinaceous INfectious agent. The prion theory suggests that the infective agent of CJD (and the other TSEs) is only composed of a protein and does not contain nucleic acid which would be necessary if the agent was a conventional virius.
