noun
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disease
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There are three human prion diseases and four main prion diseases of animals.
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Accumulating data indicate that heterozygosity at codon 129 plays an important part in the phenotypic expression of familial prion diseases .
protein
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Both patients described were heterozygous for the missense mutation at codon 200 of the prion protein gene.
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Prusiner warned that prion proteins could jump from one species to another, a controversial theory now gaining acceptance.
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Design - Screening study of patients suspected clinically to have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other neurodegenerative diseases by prion protein gene analysis.
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A normal gene produces a normal protein, then something goes wrong and the body starts turning out prions.
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Both patients described were heterozygous for the missense mutation at codon 200 of the prion protein gene.
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Computer models are used to create three-dimensional models of prions, helping scientists understand the structural transformation they undergo to turn deadly.
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Healthy proteins, which have not met up with prions, reside quietly in the membranes of nerve cells in the brain.
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No one has been able to create purified prions in a system that would rule out the presence of viruses.
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There are three human prion diseases and four main prion diseases of animals.