BIOLOGY VOL. II
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Author: Raven
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Chapter 27, Problem 2A
The idea of a protein that was an infectious agent was heretical because
a. proteins are not that important in cells.
b. proteins are not the informational molecules in cells.
c. the function of proteins does not depend on their structure.
d. proteins require
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