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Find out the structure given below in the picture:


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prion
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Virion
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Bacteria
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Probiotics
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Solution

The correct option is A prion
Prion is a “protinaceous infectious particle”. Prions have neither DNA or RNA to transmit infection. A prion is a mutted form of a usually harmless protein.
Prions cause diseases by affecting brain or neural tissue.

Example: Creutzfeldt-Jackob disease. Another example is Kuru- associated with cannibalism.


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