According to Crick, their existence presents a major challenge to the original "central dogma of molecular biology.
According to Crick, their existence presents a major challenge to the original "central dogma of molecular biology." Unlike the rest of their macromolecule class, they have two possible secondary structures, and the aberrant type has added beta pleated sheets. They seem to serve a normal function in the brain memory centers, but they are more renowned for inducing amyloidosis and astrogliosis. Researched extensively by 1997 Nobel Prize winner Stanley Prusiner, FTP, name these infectious protein particles which cause scrapie, Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease, and Mad-Cow Disease.
According to Crick, their existence presents a major challenge to the original "central dogma of molecular biology.
prions [or protineacous infectious particles]