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  • Question
  • The capsomeres consist of a number of proteins subunits or molecules called


  • Options
  • A. protomers
  • B. caproprotein
  • C. procapsid
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • protomers 


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    • 1. Which of the following viruses show/s transformation of infected cells?

    • Options
    • A. Hepatitis B virus
    • B. Human T cell lymphotronic virus type I
    • C. Epstein-Barr virus
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • 3. Viruses largely lack metabolic machinery of their own to generate energy or to synthesize

    • Options
    • A. protein
    • B. carbohydrate
    • C. alcohol
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. The repressor protein, since the cell is resistant to lysis from externally infecting phage, is also called

    • Options
    • A. immunity repressor
    • B. immunity operon
    • C. operon repressor
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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

    • Options
    • A. ? phage enzyme
    • B. ? DNA
    • C. Phage Mu
    • D. Phage Mn
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following viruses has not been associated with human cancer?

    • Options
    • A. Hepatitis C virus
    • B. Hepatitis B virus
    • C. Varicella-Zoster virus
    • D. Herpes simplex virus type 2
    • Discuss
    • 8. The envelope of which of the following viruses is derived from the host cell nucleus?

    • Options
    • A. Paramyxoviruses
    • B. Retroviruses
    • C. Orthomyxoviruses
    • D. Herpesviruses
    • Discuss
    • 9. Edward Jenner began inoculating humans with material from __________ lesions.

    • Options
    • A. Smallpox
    • B. Avianpox
    • C. Cowpox
    • D. Chickenpox
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following may affect proteins and nucleic acids, but not viruses?

    • Options
    • A. Denaturation
    • B. Enzyme treatment
    • C. Pressure
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss


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