It is important to distinguish between prions and nucleicAcids as informational molecules. The transfer of information by prions is through the induction of conformationChanges in other protein molecules. This is a very differenttype of replication and information transfer than thatcarried out by transcription and translation of nucleicSäure. In the strictest sense, prions are not inherited; theyare transferred only horizontally from one individual toanother as anfectious agent. There is no knownmechanism for the transfer of genetic information fromproteins to nucleic acids.
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