prionska beljakovina
prion, prionska beljakovina
(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system [(mikrobiologija) nalezljiva proteinska delica, podobna virusu, vendar brez nukleinske kisline; misli se, da je odgovorna za scrapie in druge degenerativne bolezni živčevja.]