Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 26.7, Problem 2CC
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Viruses are non-living particles. They are made of lipid cores, protein, and contain either RNA or DNA. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is an enveloped virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a retrovirus (contains RNA) that belongs to the genus Lentivirus.
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Ch. 26.1 - List some characteristics used in classifying...Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.2 - Prob. 1MICh. 26.2 - Why do you think T4 evolved to initiate DNA...Ch. 26.2 - What function does HMC glycosylation serve?Ch. 26.2 - Explain why the T4 genome is circularly permuted.Ch. 26.2 - Prob. 1.2CCCh. 26.2 - How is a prophage induced to become active again?Ch. 26.2 - Describe the roles of cII, CIII, repressor (CI),...Ch. 26.2 - How do the temperate phages Mu and P1 differ from...
Ch. 26.2 - How is the envelope of this virus formed? How does...Ch. 26.2 - Why do cold sores recur throughout the lifetime of...Ch. 26.2 - In what part of the host cell does a herpesvirus...Ch. 26.2 - Many small DNA viruses rely on host enzymes for...Ch. 26.3 - Why is the X174 genome considered plus stranded?Ch. 26.3 - Why is it necessary for some ssDNA viruses to...Ch. 26.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.3 - How do parvoviruses trick the host DNA polymerase...Ch. 26.4 - The rotavirus genome encodes 12 proteins. Suggest...Ch. 26.4 - Describe the life cycle of 6 phage. What makes...Ch. 26.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 26.4 - In what ways are the life cycles of 6 and...Ch. 26.5 - Where in the host does the plus-strand RNA genome...Ch. 26.5 - How do some plus-strand viruses use polyproteins...Ch. 26.5 - What is an IRES? Why is it important?Ch. 26.5 - Prob. 3CCCh. 26.6 - How does that use of a segmented genome by...Ch. 26.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 1MICh. 26.7 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 3CCCh. 26.8 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.8 - Trace the HBV multiplication cycle, paying...Ch. 26 - Prob. 1RCCh. 26 - Prob. 2RCCh. 26 - Prob. 3RCCh. 26 - Prob. 4RCCh. 26 - No temperate RNA phages have yet been discovered....Ch. 26 - The choice between lysogeny and lysis is...Ch. 26 - Prob. 3ALCh. 26 - You are studying RNA viruses and have discovered a...Ch. 26 - Prob. 5ALCh. 26 - Prob. 6AL
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