Recently a class of infectious proteins with no associated nucleic acid have been identified.They are referred to as
A)bacteriophages.
B)latent viruses.
C)viroids.
D)prions.
E)virions.

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Prions are infectious proteins that lack nucleic acid. They are not considered viruses or bacteriophages, which both contain genetic material in the form of DNA or RNA. Viroids are also infectious agents without genetic material, but they consist only of a single piece of RNA and infect only plants.

Recently a Class of Infectious Proteins with No Associated Nucleic