Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27.4, Problem 1RIA
The rotavirus genome encodes 12 proteins. Suggest one strategies it might use to ensure that all are synthesized.
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Chapter 27 Solutions
Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 27.1 - List some characteristics used in classifying...Ch. 27.1 - Consider these terms: Equine torovirus,...Ch. 27.2 - What enzyme found in the T4 baseplate facilitates...Ch. 27.2 - Why do you think T4 evolved to initiate DNA...Ch. 27.2 - What function does HMC glycosylation serve?Ch. 27.2 - How is the envelope of this virus formed? How does...Ch. 27.2 - Explain why the T4 genome is circularly permuted.Ch. 27.2 - Prob. 1.2RIACh. 27.2 - How is a prophage induced to become active again?Ch. 27.2 - Describe the roles of cII, CIII, repressor (CI),...
Ch. 27.2 - How do the temperate phages Mu and P1 differ from...Ch. 27.2 - The CRISPR/Cas system has been a boon to...Ch. 27.2 - Why do cold sores recur throughout the lifetime of...Ch. 27.2 - In what part of the host cell does a herpesvirus...Ch. 27.2 - Many small DNA viruses rely on host enzymes for...Ch. 27.3 - Why is the X174 genome considered plus stranded?Ch. 27.3 - Prob. 2MICh. 27.3 - Why is it necessary for some ssDNA viruses to...Ch. 27.3 - From the point of view of the virus, compare the...Ch. 27.3 - How do parvoviruses trick the host DNA polymerase...Ch. 27.4 - The rotavirus genome encodes 12 proteins. Suggest...Ch. 27.4 - Describe the life cycle of 6 phage. What makes...Ch. 27.4 - Prob. 3RIACh. 27.4 - In what ways are the life cycles of 6 and...Ch. 27.5 - Where in the host does the plus-strand RNA genome...Ch. 27.5 - How do some plus-strand viruses use polyproteins...Ch. 27.5 - What is an IRES? Why is it important?Ch. 27.5 - Prob. 3RIACh. 27.6 - How does that use of a segmented genome by...Ch. 27.6 - Prob. 2RIACh. 27.7 - Prob. 1MICh. 27.7 - Prob. 1RIACh. 27.7 - Prob. 2RIACh. 27.7 - What role does alternative splicing play in the...Ch. 27.8 - Prob. 1RIACh. 27.8 - Trace the HBV multiplication cycle, paying...Ch. 27 - No temperate RNA phages have yet been discovered....Ch. 27 - The choice between lysogeny and lysis is...Ch. 27 - Prob. 3CHICh. 27 - You are studying RNA viruses and have discovered a...Ch. 27 - Prob. 5CHICh. 27 - Upon infection of host epithelial cells,...Ch. 27 - Associated with the envelope of herpesviruses are...
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