The Basics

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Medical Microbiology (Gene Transfer) Quiz sobre The Basics, criado por gina_evans0312 em 08-02-2014.
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Questão 1

Questão
Bacteria can lose and acquire genes to/from the environment using mobile elements that can be shared between species
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 2

Questão
What is a Pan-Genome?
Responda
  • The sum of all core and accessory genes of a species
  • The sum of all core and accessory genes of an individual
  • The sum of all core and accessory genes of a strain

Questão 3

Questão
What is the main pathological effect of Horizontal Gene Transfer?
Responda
  • Can make non-pathogen strains pathogenic
  • Excess DNA damages local cells
  • Release of DNA diverts bacterial energy to virulence

Questão 4

Questão
What is described here- Bacteriophages that have been incorporated into the genome
Responda
  • Prophages
  • Metaphages
  • Intephages

Questão 5

Questão
Integrated DNA can be stabilised by homologous recombination of the new DNA
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
Which other methods allow the new DNA strands to integrate?
Responda
  • Persistence of the episome (i,e, freely replicating plasmids)
  • Integrations by the bacteriophage
  • Illegitimate incorporation (i.e. Ds break repair)

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