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haemoglobin Chesapeake (medicine) and prion protein (medicine)


haemoglobin Chesapeake (medicine)


haemoglobin Chesapeake


An abnormal Hb with a single a chain substitution, molecular formula a292Arg→Leub2A; heterozygotes have polycythemia, apparently to compensate for the increased oxygen affinity of this Hb, resulting in decreased liberation of oxygen in the tissues.


prion protein (medicine)


prion protein
Small, infectious proteinaceous particle, of non-nucleic acid composition because of its resistance to nucleases; the causative agent, either on a sporadic, genetic, or infectious basis, of six neurodegenerative diseases in animals, and four in humans; the latter include the spongiform encephalopathies of kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome and fatal familial insomnia. The gene encoding for the PrP is found on chromosome 20.

Synonym: prion.