The field of ________ is a thoroughly modern discipline that has led to new ways to treat infectious disease

A) recombinant DNA technology
B) epidemiology
C) immunology
D) serology
E) biochemistry


A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Modern Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.21

1.2 True/False Questions

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What does this most likely indicate?

a. There is no relationship between the candidate and known gene. b. The candidate gene encodes an identical transcript to the known gene. c. The candidate gene encodes the same protein as the known gene. d. The protein encoded by the candidate gene contains a protein domain also found in the known gene’s protein. e. The protein encoded by the candidate gene has the same function as the protein encoded by the known gene.

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Suppose that you use the sequence of the lacI gene, whose function you know is to encode a transcription factor, to find similar sequences in another bacterial strain. Are you more likely to find similar operons or similar transcription factors?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which process converts one parental double-stranded DNA molecule to two identical offspring molecules?

A. transformation B. transcription C. replication D. translation

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Oxygen has what effect on systemic arterioles?

A) vasoconstriction and vasospasm B) vasospasm C) vasodilation D) vasoconstriction E) neither vasodilation or vasoconstriction, but may cause vasospasm

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