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How do viruses and prions differ from each other?
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DNA or RNA:: Viruses have dna or rna, prions have neither.
Answered 10/1/2011
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Chemically different: Prions are proteins. Viruses are nucleic acids - genetic information (rna viruses, dna viruses).
Answered 9/8/2013
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