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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • immunity repressor 


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. Viruses largely lack metabolic machinery of their own to generate energy or to synthesize

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    • A. protein
    • B. carbohydrate
    • C. alcohol
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Group E phages have

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    • A. single stranded DNA
    • B. double stranded DNA
    • C. single stranded RNA
    • D. double stranded DNA
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following viruses show/s transformation of infected cells?

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    • A. Hepatitis B virus
    • B. Human T cell lymphotronic virus type I
    • C. Epstein-Barr virus
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The capsomeres consist of a number of proteins subunits or molecules called

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    • A. protomers
    • B. caproprotein
    • C. procapsid
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The temperate phage that have no site specificity for insertion and may even be able to insert multiple copies of their DNA into a single bacterial chromosome is

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    • A. ? phage enzyme
    • B. ? DNA
    • C. Phage Mu
    • D. Phage Mn
    • Discuss


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