The term prion was introduced in 1982 to distinguish this class of infectious pathogens from viruses and viroids. In the intervening years, studies have shown prions are composed largely, if not ...
c) RNA functions as the genetic material in some viruses and viroids. Although some researchers began to recognize the importance and antiquity of RNA molecules during the first half of the 20th ...
Antibiotics are a lifesaving tool. Yet, due to their chronic overuse, microbes are evolving and developing immunity against them. As a result, once-effective medications can no longer stave off ...
A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia The ability of the two proteins, geminivirus C5 and P3 of the fungal virus, both encoded by DNA viruses, ...
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