Example sentences for: prions

How can you use “prions” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This work, therefore, clarifies the architecture of prions by defining two structural motifs in prion proteins that have distinct functions in aggregation and propagation.

  • The neuronal form of this protein has a Q/N-rich domain similar to the prion domains of yeast prions.

  • For instance, the diseases that allegedly are caused by prions come in a few dozen different strains, the same way that dogs come in different breeds.

  • Without DNA or RNA to issue biochemical commands, abnormal prions shouldn't be able to convert normal prions to the infectious state, but that's exactly what they do (Box 1).

  • Importantly, aggregates formed by polypeptides with the Q/N-rich or polyQ domains are not necessarily self-propagating aggregates, i.e., prions.


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