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  • Which of the following is the agent associated with the development of neurodegenerative disease in livestock and humans?


  • Options
  • A. Prions
  • B. Viroids
  • C. virions
  • D. Virinos

  • Correct Answer
  • Prions 


  • Viruses in Eukaryotes problems


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    • 1. Intracellular structures formed during many viral infections, called __________ , which can directly disrupt cell structure.

    • Options
    • A. prokaryotes
    • B. chromosomal disruptions
    • C. inclusion bodies
    • D. cytocidal bodies
    • Discuss
    • 2. Viral RNA is replicated in the host cell

    • Options
    • A. cytoplasmic matrix
    • B. nucleus
    • C. mitochondria
    • D. lysozomes
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which family has received most interest in their development as a biological control agent against insects?

    • Options
    • A. Reoviridae
    • B. Baculoviridae
    • C. Iridoviridae
    • D. Poxviridae
    • Discuss
    • 4. The __________ of the influenza-enveloped virus appear to be involved in attachment to the host cell receptor site.

    • Options
    • A. fimbriae
    • B. flagellae
    • C. hemagluttinin
    • D. neuraminidase
    • Discuss
    • 5. The size of viruses is usually measured in

    • Options
    • A. centimeters
    • B. micrometers
    • C. nanometers
    • D. millimeters
    • Discuss
    • 6. Viroids are composed of

    • Options
    • A. single-stranded DNA
    • B. double-stranded DNA
    • C. single-stranded RNA
    • D. double-stranded RNA
    • Discuss
    • 7. The hepadnaviruses such as hepatitis B virus are quite different from other DNA viruses with respect to genome replication. These replicate their DNA using

    • Options
    • A. DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
    • B. reverse transcriptase
    • C. Rnase H
    • D. DNA ligase
    • Discuss
    • 8. Virulent and nonvirulent viruses may not

    • Options
    • A. inhibit host cell DNA synthesis
    • B. inhibit host cell RNA synthesis
    • C. stimulate host cell macromolecule synthesis
    • D. degrade host cell DNA
    • Discuss
    • 9. __________is probably the most important characteristic for classification of viruses in eukaryotes.

    • Options
    • A. Host preference
    • B. Morphology
    • C. Physical nature of virion constituents
    • D. Chemical nature of virion constituents
    • Discuss
    • 10. In cancer, the reversion of cells to a more primitive or less differentiated state is called

    • Options
    • A. neoplasia
    • B. anaplasia
    • C. metastasis
    • D. oncogenic
    • Discuss


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