robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhat are these plants called?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down18
arrow-up1222arrow-down1imageWhat are these plants called?lemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareThannlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months 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-up5·11 months agoThey don’t self-replicate. They interact with well-folded versions of the protein. Causing them to unfold and aggregate into plaques.
minus-squareThannlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months 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.