How does the number of infectious prions increase?
a. Prions reproduce by binary fission.
b. Prions transform normal proteins into the misfolded beta-pleated sheet configuration; therefore, prions multiply by conversion.
c. Prions form multimers which can then form more single copies of the prion protein.
d. Prions reproduce by mitosis.
Answer: b. Prions transform normal proteins into the misfolded beta-pleated sheet configuration; therefore, prions multiply by conversion.
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