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- abbreviation medicine
prion protein
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Examples
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The prion protein PrP is a normal constituent of many cell types in the body, notably nerve cells
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Prion seems to be an infectious perversion of a normal human protein called PrP … oh dear, never mind.
A Share in Death Deborah Crombie 1993
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Using a recombinant mouse prion protein, known as PrP, the team discovered that the protein's interaction with lipids, the main structural component of a cell membrane, leads to its change in conformation, or misfolding of the protein.
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Using a recombinant mouse prion protein, known as PrP, the team discovered that the protein's interaction with lipids, the main structural component of a cell membrane, leads to its change in conformation, or misfolding of the protein.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Furthermore, the abnormal and pathogenic prion protein isoform (hereafter identified as PrP res) associated with vCJD has features that are unique among non-inherited human prion diseases
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Silvio Notari et al. 2010
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The causative agent of all the maladies is a misfolded protein referred to as PrP-scrapie that replicates itself by changing the conformation of neighboring copies of the same protein, namely the prion protein.
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The causative agent is a misfolded protein referred to as PrP-scrapie that replicates itself by changing the conformation of neighboring copies of the same protein, namely the prion protein.
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The causative agent is a misfolded protein referred to as PrP-scrapie that replicates itself by changing the conformation of neighboring copies of the same protein, namely the prion protein.
Medindia Health News 2009
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Current tests for the diagnosis of these diseases are based on the detection of an abnormal misfolded form of the host protein PrP which is found within the central nervous and lymphoreticular systems of affected animals.
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Current tests for the diagnosis of these diseases are based on the detection of an abnormal misfolded form of the host protein PrP which is found within the central nervous and lymphoreticular systems of affected animals.
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