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Viruses in Eukaryotes problems


  • 1. 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
  • 2. 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
  • 3. Viral RNA is replicated in the host cell

  • Options
  • A. cytoplasmic matrix
  • B. nucleus
  • C. mitochondria
  • D. lysozomes
  • Discuss
  • 4. 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
  • 5. 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
  • 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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