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23 Nov 2009 13:00:29 IST
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WHAT IS PRION???????
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23 Nov 2009 13:04:11 IST
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Cv is given by (fR/2). thus Cv = 3R/2 as monoatomic gas has 3 degrees of freedom. (only translational) using Cp - Cv = R, Cp = R+3R/2 = 5R/2.
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25 Nov 2009 19:17:17 IST
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thanx karthick for ur valuable information.... i just want to add that... prion is a proteinecous infective particle.. it has no covering no genetic material, nothing.. just a protein which causes a lot of problem.... they are considered to be misfolded proteins... eg. Kuru, jacob kruzfldt syndrome (plz check out the spellings.. i'm feeling very lazy at the moment to google it)
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28 Nov 2009 11:34:29 IST
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Viruses are the organisms which consists of nucleic acid and a protein.nucleic acid and protein are the infectious agent in the virus while priona are the proteincous particle which is destabilize thenormal protein structure.Prions causes the deposition of amyloid in the cells.These prions causes many neurodegenerative disesae by acusing deposition of amyloid particles in the CNS.these disease include scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy,etc
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