prion disease
1prion disease — any of a group of fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative diseases caused by abnormalities of prion protein metabolism, which may result from mutations in the prion protein gene or from infection with pathogenic isoforms of the protein (see prion) …
2Prion — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Prion Diseases (TSEs) ICD10 = A81 ICD9 = ICD9|046 A prion (IPAEng|ˈpriːɒn [OED|Prion] Audio|Pronunciation prion.ogg|listen) is thought to be an infectious agent that, according to current scientific consensus, is… …
3prion protein — (PrP) a constitutively expressed cell surface glycoprotein, 33–35 kD, of uncertain function; in humans encoded by the PRNP gene at locus: 20pter p12. The 27–30 kD protease resistant core is the functional, and perhaps only, component of… …
4Prion (proteine) — Prion (protéine) Pour les articles homonymes, voir prion. Topologie de la PrPC Un prion est un type …
5Prion — Pri on (pr[=e] [o^]n), n. any of several types of protein particle lacking nucleic acid, believed to be the cause of certain slow developing infectious diseases such as scapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and Kuru in humans. [informal] …
6prion — prion1 /pruy on/, n. any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill. [1840 50; < NL < Gk príon a saw] prion2 /pree on, pruy /, n. a tiny proteinaceous… …
7prion — Small, infectious proteinaceous particle, of nonnucleic 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… …
8Prion (protéine) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir prion. Topologie de la PrPC Un prion est un type d’agent pathogène de nature protéique (const …
9Prion — Prionen (vom engl. Proteinaceous Infectious particle, sowie der Analogie zu Virion) sind Proteine, die im tierischen Organismus sowohl in normalen (physiologischen), aber auch anormalen, und dann krankmachenden (pathogenen) Strukturen… …
10Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …