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UNCONVENTIONAL TRANSMISSIBLE AGENT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-04-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Biochemistry
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- unconventional transmissible agent
1, record 1, English, unconventional%20transmissible%20agent
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Prions are the cause of certain diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as the 'mad cow disease', and the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease afflicting humans. They are still, however, a major biological puzzle. These "unconventional transmissible agents" afflicting humans as well as animals cause lethal degenerative diseases of the central nervous system in the bodies where they multiply. They do not respond to any known category of human and veterinary infectious pathology. 1, record 1, English, - unconventional%20transmissible%20agent
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Biochimie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- agent transmissible non conventionnel
1, record 1, French, agent%20transmissible%20non%20conventionnel
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
- ATNC 2, record 1, French, ATNC
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Sur le plan biochimique, l'agent infectieux des ESST (encéphalophathie subaigüe spongiforme transmissible) présente une résistance inhabituelle à divers procédés d'inactivation : il résiste beaucoup mieux aux agents dénaturant les acides nucléiques (nucléases, radiations ionisantes, psoralènes) qu'aux procédés dénaturant les protéines, comme les protéases. Ces caractéristiques ne sont pas celles généralement observées avec des virus connus, d'où l'expression «agents transmissibles non conventionnels». 1, record 1, French, - agent%20transmissible%20non%20conventionnel
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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