Microbiology: A Systems Approach
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19, Problem 15TF
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Prions are entirely composed of protein molecules which are able to fold in different ways. These are different from viruses in a way that they do not contain any genomic DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA (ribonucleic acid).
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