Which was the first bacterium to be clearly identified as the cause of an infectious disease?
a. Legionella pneumophila, which causes Legionnaires' disease
b. Chlamydia sp., which causes pelvic inflammatory disease in women
c. Clostridium botulinum, which causes botulism
d. Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax
e. Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera
d
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A. solutes B. membranes C. compartments D. cells
The genes in chloroplasts more closely match the genes found in cyanobacteria compared to the genes found in the nuclei of photosynthetic eukaryotes
A. true B. false
ANH is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus and secreted by the posterior pituitary.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Gene silencing has been effective in mouse models of HD that are heterozygous for the mHTT gene. The results are promising as ________
A) the injection into one side of the mouse brain affected both sides of the brain B) both mHTT and HTT were down regulated C) the study demonstrated the ZFN only targeted the mHTT allele and left the normal HTT expression level unchanged D) the injection into both sides of the mouse brain resulted in reduced mHTT