Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Chapter 18, Problem 11CONQ
What is a prophage, a provirus, and an episome? What is their common role in a viral reproductive cycle?
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Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Ch. 18.1 - 1. What is a common feature found in all viruses?...Ch. 18.1 - 2. Viral genomes can be
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b....Ch. 18.2 - Prob. 1COMQCh. 18.2 - Prob. 2COMQCh. 18.3 - A mutation in phage results in 10-fold greater...Ch. 18.3 - 2. The cl gene that encodes the λ repressor has...Ch. 18.4 - A viral protein that is needed to make HIV DNA is...Ch. 18.4 - Prob. 2COMQCh. 18.4 - After HIV components are made, what is the correct...Ch. 18 - 1. Discuss why viruses are considered nonliving.
Ch. 18 - What structural features are common to all...Ch. 18 - 3. What are the similarities and differences among...Ch. 18 - Prob. 4CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 5CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 6CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 7CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 8CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 9CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 10CONQCh. 18 - 11. What is a prophage, a provirus, and an...Ch. 18 - Prob. 12CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 13CONQCh. 18 - 14. With regard to promoting the lytic or...Ch. 18 - 15. How do therepressor and the cro protein affect...Ch. 18 - Prob. 16CONQCh. 18 - Figure 18.11 shows a genetic switch that controls...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 19CONQCh. 18 - Explain the role of RNase H (a component of...Ch. 18 - Prob. 21CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 22CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 23CONQCh. 18 - 24. Compare and contrast the roles of fully...Ch. 18 - 25. Describe the role of the Gag polyprotein...Ch. 18 - Prob. 26CONQCh. 18 - Prob. 27CONQCh. 18 - 1. Discuss how researchers determined that TMV is...Ch. 18 - Prob. 2EQCh. 18 - What is a reconstituted virus?Ch. 18 - Following the infection of healthy tobacco leaves...Ch. 18 - Prob. 5EQCh. 18 - Prob. 6EQCh. 18 - A researcher identified a mutation in PR of phage ...Ch. 18 - Experimentally, when an E. coli bacterium already...Ch. 18 - 9. A bacterium is exposed to a drug that inhibits...Ch. 18 - This question combines your knowledge of bacterial...Ch. 18 - Prob. 1QSDCCh. 18 - 2. Certain environmental conditions such as...Ch. 18 - 3. Browse the Internet to determine the drugs that...
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