English
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Etymology
From term|proteinaceous term|infectious term|particle (term|-on).

Noun
en-noun

1. The etiologic agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy|transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The only self-replicating cause of disease known to lack nucleic acids.
2. A self-propagating alternative conformer of any protein.
3. A petrel from the genus Pachyptila.

Translations
trans-top|etiologic agent of TSE
Finnish: t-|fi|prioni
French: t+|fr|prion|m
German: t|de|Prion|m
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|����|trpurion|scJpan
Korean: �리� peurion
trans-bottom

trans-top|self-propagating alternative conformer of any protein
Finnish: t-|fi|prioni
French: t+|fr|prion|m
German: t|de|Prion|m
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|����|trpurion|scJpan
Korean: �리� peurion
trans-bottom

trans-top|petrel from the genus Pachyptila
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
cannibalism
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
kuru
mad cow disease
New Variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease
scrapie
viroid
virus

Category:Pathology
Category:Proteins

French

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #English|prion

Category:fr:Pathology
Category:fr:Proteins

de:prion
fr:prion
ru:prion

• 2007-11-18 23:23 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates

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