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|q1=What is a prion (PrP)?
 
|q1=What is a prion (PrP)?
 
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A prion (PrP) is a protein that occurs normally in the nervous and lymphoreticular tissues.  When is changes conformation (PrP<sup>sc</sup>/PrP<sup>Res</sup>) it becomes an infectious agent and causes degeneration of neurological tissue.
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A prion (PrP) is a protein that occurs normally in the nervous and lymphoreticular tissues.  When it changes conformation (PrP<sup>sc</sup>/PrP<sup>Res</sup>) it becomes an infectious agent and causes degeneration of neurological tissue.
 
|l1=Scrapie#Introduction
 
|l1=Scrapie#Introduction
 
|q2=What species are affected by scrapie?  
 
|q2=What species are affected by scrapie?  
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