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Noun Concept
Categories: Proteins, Articles with short description, Genetics, Articles contradicting other articles, Prions
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prion  PrPC  Cellular prion protein  fungal prion  Human and Animal Prions
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(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 WordNet 3.0
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(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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A prion is a misfolded protein that can transmit its misfoldedness to normal variants of the same protein and trigger cellular death. Wikipedia
Pathogenic type of misfolded protein Wikidata
An infectious agent composed of protein in a misfolded form. OmegaWiki
A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue. Wiktionary
Misfolded protein. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
particle
pathogen
protein
subviral agent
HAS KIND
fungal prion
CATEGORY DOMAIN
microbiology
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Stanley B. Prusiner
HAS EFFECT
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Wiktionary
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Wikipedia Redirections
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Cellular prion protein, Human and Animal Prions, Pr P, Prion (infectious agent), prion disease, prions, Prions in plants, protease-resistant PrP, Proteinaceous and infection, proteinaceous infectious particle, Protineacous infectious particles, Prpc, PrPC, PRPres, PrPSc, Prpsc, PrpSc
Wikidata Alias
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fungal prion, Human and Animal Prions, Pr P, prions, Proteinaceous and infection, proteinaceous infectious particle, protineaceous infectious particles, PrpSc

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