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HOLOPRION [2 records]

Record 1 2012-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
  • Nervous System
DEF

Infectious agent of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies which, within the framework of the unified theory, combines a proteinaceaous component (the apoprion) associated with a small nucleic acid (the coprion) within the host cell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Dans le cadre de la théorie unifiée, agent infectieux des encéphalopathies spongiformes transmissibles, composé de l'apoprion et du coprion.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Hypothetical model which holds that the infectious agent(the holoprion) responsible for the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies consists of the association of a nucleic acid(the coprion) and PrPsc(the apoprion).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Hypothèse selon laquelle l'agent responsable (l'holoprion) des encéphalopathies spongiformes transmissibles, serait l'association d'un petit acide nucléique (le coprion) avec la PrPres (l'apoprion).

Spanish

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