• Thann@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    And then you got yer prions, which are just self-replicating proteins, and not considered living, but worth mentioning because they kinda act like it.

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      9 months ago

      They don’t self-replicate. They interact with well-folded versions of the protein. Causing them to unfold and aggregate into plaques.

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        9 months ago

        yeah, so they are similar to viruses in that they cant self-replicate because they need something very specific to attach onto to replicate.