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Prion (disambiguation)

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Prions are misfolded proteins which characterize several fatal neurodegenerative diseases in humans and many other animals.

Prion may also refer to:

Science[edit]

  • Fungal prion, a prion that infects fungal hosts
  • Prion protein, the human gene encoding for the major prion protein PrP (for prion protein)
  • Prion diseases, a group of progressive and invariably fatal symptoms affecting the brain (encephalopathies) and nervous system of many animals
  • Prion pruritus, an intense itching during the prodromal period of the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
  • Prion pseudoknot, a predicted RNA pseudoknot structure found in prion protein mRNA

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