prion

n. 感染性蛋白质, 普列昂; 锯鹱

发音

UK /ˈpɹiːɒn/
UK /ˈpɹʌɪən/
其它
UK /ˈpɹaɪən/
其它
US

词形变化

prions 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

    朊病毒

    朊毒体

    普利昂

    蛋白质侵染因子

    毒朊

    感染性蛋白质

    普恩蛋白

    普里昂

  2. 1.

    A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

particle subatomic particle

相关短语

prion protein prion proteins prion disease prion diseases fairy prion

词源

From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined by American neurologist and biochemist Stanley B. Prusiner in 1982.

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