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Noun Concept

Categories: Proteins, Prions, Articles with short description, Infectious diseases, Genetics

prion Prpc Cellular prion protein fungal prion Human and Animal Prions

(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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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

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DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR

Stanley B. Prusiner

HAS EFFECT

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

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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

fungal prion, Human and Animal Prions, Pr P, prions, Proteinaceous and infection, proteinaceous infectious particle, protineaceous infectious particles, PrpSc