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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a prion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a type of infectious agent composed of protein that can cause neurodegenerative diseases.
Example: "Researchers are studying how a prion can lead to conditions such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease."
Alternatives: "an infectious protein" or "a misfolded protein".
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In each case the misfolded protein is called a prion.
There is one for scrapies, a prion disease of sheep, Dr. Maas said.
Enhancing ubiquitination of a prion protein suffices to promote its delivery to the juxtanuclear inclusion.
[URE3] is a prion of Ure2p, a regulator of nitrogen catabolism, while [PSI +] is a prion of Sup35p, a subunit of the translation termination factor Sup35p.
The cause of these diseases is attributed to an unusual infectious agent called a prion.
The resulting log-likelihood ratio (LLR) indicates the possibility that the analyzed protein is a prion.
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In Prusiner's coinage, the diseases were caused by a "prion --a "prion --aeous infectious prion --a.
Lundmark, K. et al. Transmissibility of systemic amyloidosis by a prion-like mechanism.
This supports the idea that a prion-like protein transmission may be involved.
Olanow, C.W. & Brundin, P. Parkinson's disease and alpha synuclein: is Parkinson's disease a prion-like disorder?
Olanow, C. W. & Brundin, P. Parkinson's disease and alpha synuclein: is Parkinson's disease a prion-like disorder?
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