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prion

/ˈpriː.ɒn/

Traduction: Particule protéique infectieuse dépourvue d'acide nucléique, dont on pense qu'elle provoque des maladies neurodégénératives telles que la tremblante du mouton et la maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob.

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C1formalcommonscientific/ˈpriː.ɒn/

An infectious protein particle that lacks nucleic acid and is believed to cause neurodegenerative diseases such as scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

  • 🇫🇷Particule protéique infectieuse dépourvue d'acide nucléique, dont on pense qu'elle provoque des maladies neurodégénératives telles que la tremblante du mouton et la maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob.
  1. Infectious protein particle C1 formal medical

    An abnormal, infectious protein particle that lacks nucleic acid and is believed to cause neurodegenerative diseases by inducing normal proteins to misfold.

    • Prions are responsible for diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.
    • Unlike viruses, prions do not contain any genetic material.
    • The misfolding of normal proteins into prions leads to brain damage.

    🇫🇷Prion

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