Prions and Prion Diseases Term Paper
Prions and Prion Diseases
A discussion of the various aspects of prions and prion diseases.
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| 1,307 words
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| 2001
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This paper examines the novel mechanism of disease transmittal in prions as well as the diseases themselves (mad cow disease and Creutzfeld-Jacobs disease). Functions of normal prions are also discussed. The paper also examines how prions are devoid of nucleic acids, and thus carry no information other than their tertiary structure.
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"Knockout mice survived up to their 70th week, and then they began to display signs common with brain disease, which included a loss of motor coordination. Curiously, the symptoms shown by these knockout mice were similar to those found in many cases of prion diseases."Cite this Term Paper:
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Prions and Prion Diseases (2003, September 09)
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"Prions and Prion Diseases" 09 September 2003.
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