Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Viruses in Eukaryotes

Viruses in Eukaryotes

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Which of the following is the agent associated with the development of neurodegenerative disease in livestock and humans?

a. Viroids
b. Prions         
c. Virinos
d. virions         

___________ is probably the most important characteristic for classification of viruses in eukaryotes.

a. Morphology
b. Chemical nature of virion constituents
c. Host preference
d. Physical nature of virion constituents

The __________ of the influenza-enveloped virus appear to be involved in attachment to the host cell receptor site.

a. hemagluttinin          
b. fimbriae       
c. neuraminidase
d. flagellae

Intracellular structures formed during many viral infections, called __________, which can directly disrupt cell structure.

a. prokaryotes
b. inclusion bodies
c. cytocidal bodies
d. chromosomal disruptions

Viral RNA is replicated in the host cell _____________.

a. lysozomes
b. nucleus
c. cytoplasmic matrix
d. mitochondria

Which family has received most interest in their development as a biological control agent against insects?

a. Poxviridae
b. Reoviridae   
c. Iridoviridae   
d. Baculoviridae

In cancer, the reversion of cells to a more primitive or less differentiated state is called _____________.

a. metastasis   
b. oncogenic
c. anaplasia
d. neoplasia     

Which of the following has been linked to Kaposi's sarcoma?

a. Human herpes virus 8
b. Human papilloma virus
c. Epstein-Barr virus
d. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus

Virulent and nonvirulent viruses may not _____________.

a. inhibit host cell RNA synthesis
b. inhibit host cell DNA synthesis
c. degrade host cell DNA
d. stimulate host cell macromolecule synthesis

The hepadnaviruses such as hepatitis B virus are quite different from other DNA viruses with respect to genome replication. These replicate their DNA using _____________.

a. reverse transcriptase
b. DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
c. DNA ligase
d. Rnase H

Which of the following virus is always detectable after infections?

a. Herpes simplex virus
b. Hepatitis B virus
c. Cytomegalovirus
d. Varicella-zoster virus

Viroids are composed of _____________.

a. double-stranded RNA
b. double-stranded DNA
c. single-stranded DNA
d. single-stranded RNA
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