9) ss RNA is converted to complementary DNA using the enzyme reverse transcriptase
Chapter 25: Pathogenic RNA Viruses Read pp. 750-757; MICRO CHECK page 757: 9. What is the...
Read pp. 405-407; MICRO CHECK page 407: 16. How can prions be destroyed? Chapter 25: Pathogenic RNA Viruses Read pp. 750-757; MICRO CHECK page 757: 9. What is the first step in the synthesis of dsDNA from +SsRNA by reverse transcriptase? 11. How is the +RNA genome of HIV used differently than genomes of other +5SRNA viruses?
Read pp. 396-400, MICRO CHECK page 400: 10. Which part of animal viruses is involved in membrane fusion with a host cell? 13. How do negative-sense single-stranded RNA (-SSRNA) viruses generate mRNA? Read pp. 405-407; MICRO CHECK page 407: 16. How can prions be destroyed?
Chapter 13: Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions Read pp. 385-391; MICRO CHECK page 391: 2. What type of organisms do phages infect? 4. Where does an enveloped virus get its envelope? Read pp. 392-396; MICRO CHECK page 396: 6. List the steps of lytic phage replication in order.
Read pp. 223-230; MICRO CHECK page 230: 17. What kind of gene transfer between bacterial cells in the same generation utilizes the help of a virus? 18. How does transposition differ from other recombination events?