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2010 · Q86
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Human Health and Diseases question

2010 · Q86

NEETBiologyHuman Health and DiseasesMCQ+4 / −1
Infectious proteins are present in –
  1. A
    Viroids
  2. B
    Gemini viruses
  3. C
    Satellite viruses
  4. D
    Prions
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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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