NALT

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prions

Chemical

Small proteinaceous infectious particles which resist inactivation by procedures that modify nucleic acids and contain an abnormal isoform of a cellular protein which is a major and necessary component. The abnormal (scrapie) isoform is PrPSc; the cellular isoform is PrPC. The primary amino acid sequence of the two isoforms is identical. Among diseases caused by prions are scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Creuzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome.

proteins

prion proteins
PrP proteins

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

30096

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priones

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/40965

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Creado 1/19/06, última modificación 12/30/15