Assertion: prion | /r/HasProperty | prion protein
Facets:
value: largely,
type: DEGREE
value: entirely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Prions are composed largely, if not entirely, of prion protein (PrPSc in the case of scrapie).
text: Prions composed of the prion protein (PrP) are hypothesized as the cause of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle (commonly known as "mad cow disease"), and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans.