- Source: Prion (disambiguation)
Prions are misfolded proteins which characterize several fatal neurodegenerative diseases in humans and many other animals.
Prion may also refer to:
Science
Fungal prion, a prion that infects fungal hosts
Prion protein, the human gene encoding for the major prion protein PrP (for prion protein)
Prion diseases, a group of progressive and invariably fatal symptoms affecting the brain (encephalopathies) and nervous system of many animals
Prion pruritus, an intense itching during the prodromal period of the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Prion pseudoknot, a predicted RNA pseudoknot structure found in prion protein mRNA
Other uses
Prion (bird)
List of prions
Prion Humour Classics, a series of novels published by Prion Books in the UK
Prion Island, located in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia
National Prion Clinic (UK), a British specialist prion disease clinic
Eran Prion (born 1974), Israeli musician and music producer
