Assertion: prion | /r/MadeOf | protein
Facets:
value: with no nucleic acids
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Prions are unique infectious agents that consist only of a protein, and are not replicated via nucleic acid.
text: Prions are infectious agents that consist of protein, but no DNA or RNA, and seem to produce their deadly effects by duplicating their shapes and accumulating in tissues.
text: Prions are the hypothetical (and initially discounted) infectious agents consisting only of protein, with no nucleic acids.
text: Viruses consist of nucleic acids and proteins while prions consist only of proteins.
text: Some researchers believe that a prion consists of proteins without nucleic acids because a prion is too small to contain a nucleic acid and because a prion is not destroyed by agents that digest nucleic acids.