Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
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Author: Jacquelyn G. Black, Laura J. Black
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To describe: The activity associated with proteins that might be involved in producing more prion particles.

Introduction: In 1982, Stanley Prusiner discovered an infectious protein particle called as prions. It causes the mad cow disease, which is called as scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in dairy cattle. It affects the neurological system and eventually causes the death of the organism.

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To describe: The way in which a prion can make more prions using the given index.

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