Once a prion enters a nerve cell, it essentially
A) assumes the correct folding orientation for the protein.
B) stops the cascade of misfolding events associated with adjacent cells.
C) becomes self-propagating, causing misfolding of nearby normal proteins.
D) differentiates into a nonreplicating virus.
E) differentiates into a replicating virus.

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Prions are misfolded proteins that can induce other normal proteins to also misfold, leading to a self-propagating cycle of protein misfolding.

Once a Prion Enters a Nerve Cell, It Essentially