Prions

Question 1

How many amino acids do prions have

Answer 1

254

Question 2

Where are prions found

Answer 2

Nervous tissue

Question 3

How are prions formed

Answer 3

Misfolding of a protein and can form amyloids which are proteins that clump together and the body has no way of getting rid of them so it accumulates in nervous tissue and causes brain to stop working

Question 4

True or false: prions can show other proteins how to change into a prion

Answer 4

True they can teach them to go rogue and spontaneously misfold

Question 5

How can prions be transmitted

Answer 5

Spontaneously
Genetic inheritance
Transmission contact

Question 6

Where are prions found in affected animals

Answer 6

Blood, urine, and feces

Question 7

What are the percentages of obtaining chronic wasting disease from IV and oral

Answer 7

100 iv exposure
22 percent oral exposure

Question 8

What is a mechanical vector

Answer 8

Picks up disease and gives to host

Question 9

What is a biological vector

Answer 9

Part of the life cycle must occur in the host

Question 10

What happens if the 96 amino acid is a syrine rather than a glycine

Answer 10

It will take longer for the deer to show symptoms of cwd

Question 11

How many ticks does it take to show cwd in half the deer population

Answer 11

One