A prion is an infectious agent consisting of a misfolded version of a normal protein, which replicates by causing correctly folded proteins to also misfold.
A prion is an infectious agent composed of misfolded proteins that replicate by converting normal proteins into their misfolded form.
| Front | prion |
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| Back | An infectious agent that is a misfolded version of a normal cellular protein. [These] appear to increase in number by converting correctly folded versions of the protein to more [these]. |
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