A competitive inhibitor of eukaryotic RNA polymerase III would have the greatest effect on:
A. replication
B. reverse transcription
C. translation
D. mutation
Answer: C. translation
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functioning of the apicoplast in the malariacausing protist probably not be harmful to humans?
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a. an abnormality. b. a disorder. c. a syndrome. d. a carrier. e. a pedigree.
The leader sequence of any protein that has just been translated functions to
A) determine the destination of the protein. B) stimulate translation of a protein. C) keep the protein in the cytosol. D) end translation of a protein. E) initiate degradation of an incomplete protein.
Plasma from a sick mouse is filtered across a membrane that has a 200 nm pore size. If the filtrate is still infectious when injected into a healthy mouse, then the pathogen is most likely a(n)
A. archaean. B. parasitic worm. C. bacterium. D. fungus. E. virus.