The Pathogenic Effects of Prions Are Thought to Result From

question 9

Multiple Choice

The pathogenic effects of prions are thought to result from:

• A) Viroids acting as a template for the synthesis of the prion proteins
• B) Aberrant forms of mammalian cellular proteins that convert more mammalian cellular proteins to aberrant forms, leading to a clumping of the proteins, eventually killing the cell.
• C) Prions converting viroids into abberant proteins that kill the cell
• D) All of these
• E) None of these