prion protein
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprionandprotein
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prion
noun[C]
uk/ˈpraɪ.ɒn/us/ˈpraɪ.ɑːn/
a small piece of protein that is thought to cause certain brain diseases, such as BSE ...
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protein
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈprəʊ.tiːn/us/ˈproʊ.tiːn/
one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish, or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and ...
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(Definition ofprionandproteinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A glycolipid-anchoredprionproteinis endocytosed via clathrin-coated pits.
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Synthetic peptides homologous toprionproteinresidues 106-147 form amyloid-like fibrils in vitro.
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Influence of amino acid substitutions related to inherited human prion diseases on the thermodynamic stability of the cellularprionprotein.
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Specific binding of normalprionproteinto the scrapie form via a localized domain initiates its conversion to the protease-resistant state.
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This was the first time that theprionproteinbecame ' visible ' - from a biochemist's point of view.
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Multiple folding pathways for heterologously expressed humanprionprotein.
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Normalprionproteinhas an activity like that of superoxide dismutase.
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Identification of glycoinositol phospholipid linked and truncated forms of the scrapieprionprotein.
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Structural studies of the scrapieprionproteinusing mass spectrometry and amino acid sequencing.
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Aggregates of scrapieassociatedprionproteininduce the cell-free conversion of protease-sensitiveprionproteinto the protease-resistant state.
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Predicted -helical regions of theprionproteinwhen synthesized as peptides from amyloid.
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Protease-resistantprionproteinproduced in vitro lacks detectable infectivity.
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