Genomics Chapter 5

Which of the following could be used to develop a vaccine against a viral infection?
the viral DNA
the surface proteins from the virus
the viral mRNA
all of these
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Which of the following could be used to develop a vaccine against a viral infection?
the viral DNA
the surface proteins from the virus
the viral mRNA
all of these
all of these
In a prokaryotic genome, there are more noon-coding sequences than coding sequences.
True
False
False
The function of integrase is to ________ .
insert the viral RNA into the genome of the host cell
replicate the viral RNA
convert the viral RNA into DNA
insert the viral DNA into the genome of the host cell
insert the viral DNA into the genome of the host cell
______________ is the process by which DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus.
transformation
translocation
transduction
conjugation
transduction
Retrovirus such as HIV generally contains a gene coding for _____________.

DNA polymerase
helicase
reverse transcriptase
ligase
reverse transcriptase
Generally speaking, a prokaryote contain _______.
one circular chromosome
one linear chromosome
more than one linear chromosomes
more than one circular chromosomes
one circular chromosome
Based on DNA sequencing, which of the followings is true?
Bacteria is more related to Eukarya than to Archaea
Archaea is more related to Bacteria than to Eukarya
Archaea is more related to Eukarya than to Bacteria
archaea is more related to eukarya than bacteria
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the prokaryotic genome?
It contains introns
It has a circular chromosome
It has one or more plasmids
It is made of DNA
it contains introns
Plasmids are extra-chromosomal DNA in ________.
Bacteria
animals
Yeast
plants
bacteria
In prokaryotes, several genes may be co-transcribed (transcribed together) into one mRNA.
True
False
true
Transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells by a bridge-like connection (pilus) is termed _______. tanslocation transformation transduction conjugationconjugationA viral genome could be made of a ____. double-stranded DNA single-stranded DNA double-stranded RNA single-stranded RNA all of theseall of theseMetagenomics is the study of genetic material _______. recovered directly from a particular environment collected from several environments derived from a bacterial culture all of theserecovered directly from a particular enviornmentWhich of the following treatments is intended to restore the healthy microbiome in the gut of a patient? chemotherapy antibiotic treatment gene therapy fecal transplantationfecal transplantationA process by which bacterial cells take up naked DNA molecules from their environment is termed __________. transduction translocation conjugation transformationtransformationt is very likely that an mRNA vaccine can be integrated into the genome of a person and change his or her genome. True FalsefalseThe genome of HIV is made of ________. DNA RNArnaThe antibiotic resistance genes are generally located in the plasmid DNA. True FalsetruGenerally speaking, DNA viruses mutate faster than RNA viruses. True FalsefalseWhat is the function of reverse transcriptase? replicate DNA transcribe DNA to RNA replicate RNA transcribe RNA to DNAtranscribe rna to dna