prion

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022173",
  "term": "prion",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An unusual infectious agent that consists purely of protein.\n\n2. Proteinaceous infectious agent that behaves as an inheritable trait, although it contains no nucleic acid. Examples are PrPSc, the agent of scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Psi, which confers an inherited state in yeast. [Jones 2006]",
  "references": [
    "NIH National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf Genomes Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/prion/"
}