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Select the correct statements.
a. The most common form of prion disease that affects sheep is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
b. A prion is a type of glycoprotein that can trigger normal proteins in the liver to fold abnormally.
c. Prions attack nerve cells producing neurodegenerative brain disease.
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Prions are discovered by Prusiner, these are smallest infectious protein particle which lacks nucleic acid. Prions cause diseases only in animals, no plant diseases caused by prions are reported. A prion is a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally. The most common form of prion disease that affects humans is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, where the prions attack nerve cells and produces the neurodegenerative brain disease.
