Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Microbiology with eText -- Access Card Package (14th Edition)
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Chapter 9, Problem 1AQ
Not all proteins are made from the RNA genome of bacteriophage MS2 in the same amounts. Can you explain why? One of the proteins functions very much like a repressor, but it functions at the translational level. Which protein is it and how does it function?
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Microbiology with eText -- Access Card Package (14th Edition)
Ch. 9.1 - Distinguish between a positive-strand RNA virus...Ch. 9.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.1 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9.2 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.2 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.2 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9.3 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.3 - In the X174 genome, describe the difference...Ch. 9.3 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9.4 - In what major way does transcription of phage DNA...
Ch. 9.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.5 - What type of genome is seen in most archaeal...Ch. 9.5 - Compared with other archaeal viruses, what are two...Ch. 9.6 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.6 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.6 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.7 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9.8 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.8 - How are protein synthesis and genomic replication...Ch. 9.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.9 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9.10 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.10 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9.11 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.11 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.11 - How does the role of reverse transcriptase in the...Ch. 9.12 - If viroids are circular molecules, why are they...Ch. 9.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 9.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 9.13 - Prob. 3MQCh. 9 - Prob. 1RQCh. 9 - Describe the classes of viruses based on their...Ch. 9 - REVIEW QUESTIONS
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