robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWhat are these plants called?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageWhat are these plants called?lemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareThann@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoAnd then you got yer prions, which are just self-replicating proteins, and not considered living, but worth mentioning because they kinda act like it.
minus-squareShou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThey don’t self-replicate. They interact with well-folded versions of the protein. Causing them to unfold and aggregate into plaques.
minus-squareThann@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoyeah, so they are similar to viruses in that they cant self-replicate because they need something very specific to attach onto to replicate.
And then you got yer prions, which are just self-replicating proteins, and not considered living, but worth mentioning because they kinda act like it.
They don’t self-replicate. They interact with well-folded versions of the protein. Causing them to unfold and aggregate into plaques.
yeah, so they are similar to viruses in that they cant self-replicate because they need something very specific to attach onto to replicate.