Prions Flashcards
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Kuru
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
Neurological disorder
Related to (CJD)
No known treatment
100% fatal
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Creutzfield-Jakob Disease (CJD)
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Degenerative neurological disorder
Incurable and always fatal
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
In cows, called bovine spongiform encephalopathy “Mad Cow Disease”
Can be acquired in humans by a genetic mutation of the prion protein
Promotes misfolding of native proteins destroying function of that protein
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Bacteriophage
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A virus that infects a bacteria
Most common biological entity on earth
The most dense population is found in seawater
Are used as an alternative to antibiotics in part of Europe
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Cycles of infection
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- Detection
- Attachment
- Injection
- Synthesis
- Arrangement (assemble)
- Release
