Prions Flashcards
1
Q
Prion
A
- Infectious protein: mis-folded protein
A. Very resistant to inactivation - Fate neurodegenerative diseases
2
Q
Prion diseases
A
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
- Variant CJD
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Fatal familial insomnia
- Kuru: canibalism