Small, infectious proteinaceous particle, of non-nucleic acid composition because of its resistance to nucleases; the causative agent, either on a sporadic, genetic, or infectious basis, of six neurodegenerative diseases in animals, and four in humans; the latter include the spongiform encephalopathies of kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gerstmann-...
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a protein of uncertain function, in humans coded for by a gene on the short arm of chromosome 20. The protease-resistant core is the functional, and perhaps only, component of prions; several abnormal forms have been identified and are responsible for prion disease.
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(PrP) Type: Term Synonyms: prion
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Particular type of protein, which in its abnormal form, is associated with spongiform encephalopathy diseases (large holes in brain).
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