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Chapter8: The Digestive System

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Prions are

bacterial proteins.
destroyed by heat from 50` C (or 122T)
misfolded infectious proteins aggregated without nucleic acids
aggregated by covalent bonds in the blood
the causal agent of poliomyelitis

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