▲ 231 ▼ What are these plants called? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shou@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They don't self-replicate. They interact with well-folded versions of the protein. Causing them to unfold and aggregate into plaques. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thann@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago yeah, so they are similar to viruses in that they cant self-replicate because they need something very specific to attach onto to replicate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shou@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They don't self-replicate. They interact with well-folded versions of the protein. Causing them to unfold and aggregate into plaques. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thann@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago yeah, so they are similar to viruses in that they cant self-replicate because they need something very specific to attach onto to replicate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago yeah, so they are similar to viruses in that they cant self-replicate because they need something very specific to attach onto to replicate. permalink fedilink source parent
