NEETBiologyHuman Health and DiseasesMCQ+4 / −1
Infectious proteins are present in –
- AViroids
- BGemini viruses
- CSatellite viruses
- DPrions
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Correct answer: D
Prions are named by Stanley Prusiner (got Nobel Prize in 1997). Prions are infectious agents which are made of proteins only (without nucleic acid). Prions are the causal agents of scrapie disease of sheep.
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