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  • The oncogene theory refers to


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  • A. how chemicals inactivate viruses when applied
  • B. how viruses replicate in host cells
  • C. how viruses transform normal cells into tumor cells
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • how viruses transform normal cells into tumor cells 


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    • 1. Lysozyme (an endolysin) which will lyse the bacterial cell, releasing the mature virions is present in

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    • A. immediate early phage genes
    • B. late genes
    • C. delayed early genes
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Organisms which have spore-forming stage in their life cycle and lack special locomotory organelles belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

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    • A. Microspora
    • B. Myxozoa
    • C. Ciliophora
    • D. Apicomplexa
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following is least likely to get in or on a protozoan such as a diplomonad or trichomonad?

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    • A. Flagella
    • B. More than one nucleus
    • C. Genes to produce a cyst form
    • D. Rigid polysaccharide cell wall
    • Discuss
    • 4. Number of motility structures on flagellated cells is

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    • A. greater than ciliated cells
    • B. lesser than ciliated cells
    • C. equal to ciliated cells
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Organisms are parasitic and have a resistant spore with one to six coiled polar filaments belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

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    • A. Labyinthomorpha
    • B. Sarcomastigophora
    • C. Apicomplexa
    • D. Myxozoa
    • Discuss
    • 6. The temperate phage possesses a gene that codes for a repressor protein which makes the cell resistant to lysis initiated by

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    • A. the prophage
    • B. lytic infection by other viruses
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Reverse transcriptase is a useful enzyme to have when

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    • A. an RNA virus converts its RNA to DNA
    • B. there are no host cells present
    • C. nutrients are scarce
    • D. spikes are forming in the new virus
    • Discuss
    • 8. In the simplest capsid, there is a capsomere at each of the 12 vertices; this capsomere, which is surrounded by five other capsomeres, is termed a

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    • A. penton
    • B. polyhedra
    • C. icosahedral
    • D. helical
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following statements is not true of viruses?

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    • A. Viruses have been successfully grown in pure cultures in test tubes
    • B. All viruses are obligatory intracellular parasites
    • C. All viruses have either DNA or RNA as their genetic material
    • D. Viruses probably arose from small fragments of cellular chromosomes
    • Discuss
    • 10. The repressor protein, since the cell is resistant to lysis from externally infecting phage, is also called

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    • A. immunity repressor
    • B. immunity operon
    • C. operon repressor
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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