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Bacteriophage vs Prion - What's the difference?

bacteriophage | prion |

As nouns the difference between bacteriophage and prion

is that bacteriophage is bacteriophage while prion is prion (etiologic agent of tse).

As an adjective bacteriophage

is bacteriophagous.

bacteriophage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.

    • Synonyms

    * phage

    Related terms

    * bacteriophagous * bacteriophagy

    See also

    * virophage

    prion

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious . Coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 277:
  • *:Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.

    • Etymology 2

    From Prion (former genus name), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A petrel of the genus Pachyptila .

    • See also

    * bovine spongiform encephalopathy * cannibalism * Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease * kuru * mad cow disease * New Variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease * scrapie * viroid * virus

    Anagrams

    * , Ripon ----