prion en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined by American neurologist and biochemist Stanley B. Prusiner in 1982.
Meanings
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(qualifier:molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 277:Prion disease shares many features.
1987, Molecular Biology of the Human Brain: Proceedings of an Upjohn-UCLA Symposium, Held in Keystone, Colorado, April 19–26, 1987, volume 72, page 168:Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions—a class of misfolding, infectious proteins that cause fatal brain diseases—after a retired lab worker who handled prions in the past was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most common prion disease in humans.
2021 July 28, Barbara Casassus, “France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes two lab workers”, in Science:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
miniprion · prion protein · prionochezia · prionsialia · prionopathy · prionosis · prionemia · prionlike · prionic · prionogenic · antiprion · prionose · prionaemia · prion disease · prionogenesis
Relateds
kuru · Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease · mad cow disease · New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease · viroid · scrapie · chronic wasting disease · bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Translations (37)
it prione (misfolded protein) · bn প্রিয়ন (misfolded protein) · cmn 感染性蛋白質 /感染性蛋白质 (misfolded protein) · ro prion (misfolded protein) · ga prión (misfolded protein) · cmn 普利昂 (misfolded protein) · el πρίον (misfolded protein) · cmn 蛋白質侵染因子 /蛋白质侵染因子 (misfolded protein) · pt prião (misfolded protein) · pt príon (misfolded protein) · cmn 普恩蛋白 (misfolded protein) · or ପ୍ରିଅନ୍ (misfolded protein) · ml പ്രിയോൺ (misfolded protein) · cmn 朊病毒 (misfolded protein) · ta புரதப்பீழை (misfolded protein) · fi prioni (misfolded protein) · fa پریون (misfolded protein) · pl prion (misfolded protein) · cmn 朊毒體 /朊毒体 (misfolded protein) · eo priono (misfolded protein) · hy պրիոն (misfolded protein) · es prion (misfolded protein) · ru прио́н (misfolded protein) · id prion (misfolded protein) · ca prió (misfolded protein) · be прыён (misfolded protein) · he פריאון (misfolded protein) · ja プリオン (misfolded protein) · ms prion (misfolded protein) · cmn 毒朊 (misfolded protein) · uk пріо́н (misfolded protein) · cmn 普里昂 (misfolded protein) · az prion (misfolded protein) · fr prion (misfolded protein) · cmn 感染性蛋白质 (misfolded protein) · de Prion (misfolded protein) · ko 프리온 (misfolded protein)