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BotanyBiological ClassificationViruses, Viroids and PrionsEasy2 minPYQ_2020
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The protein that is infectious to the living cells are termed as

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C
Solution:

A prion is a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally. Prion diseases can affect both humans and animals and are sometimes spread to humans by infected meat products. The most common form of prion disease that affects humans is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Prions are misfolded proteins with the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:BotanyTopic:Biological ClassificationSubtopic:Viruses, Viroids and Prions
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