No prions are composed of protein - they are nonliving.
Prions
No, DNA is not found in any prions. Prions are just protein - they don't contain a nucleic acid.
Prions are an infectious particle made of protein. They do not contain DNA or RNA.
No, cooking does not destroy or disable prions. If you were able to cook a meat that contains prions to the point where the prions were disabled, the meat would be rendered inedible.You can use chemicals mixed with heat to destroy prions, but that's not a process you would want to subject your food to.
No prions are composed of protein - they are nonliving.
Prions
No, DNA is not found in any prions. Prions are just protein - they don't contain a nucleic acid.
Prions are an infectious particle made of protein. They do not contain DNA or RNA.
No, cooking does not destroy or disable prions. If you were able to cook a meat that contains prions to the point where the prions were disabled, the meat would be rendered inedible.You can use chemicals mixed with heat to destroy prions, but that's not a process you would want to subject your food to.
No, prions aren't organisms or even organism imitators like viruses. Prions are misfolded proteins that can aggregate and cause serious neurological problems. See link below for more info about prions from Answers.com.
Prions are made up only of proteins and lack nucleic acids.
Prions affect the nervous system (the brain and other neural tissue).
Both Viroids and Prions have nucleic acid, but Viroids have no outer protein coat.
Prions are only destroyed by:• incineration• autoclaving in 1N NaOH
I have no idea so go ask someone else. The similarities between viroids and prions are that both are acellular pathogens, and do not grow and they differ in the sense that prions do not have nucleic acids while viroids have the nucleic acid,RNA.
Much larger, prions are just proteins containing no nucleic acids or lipid bilayer.