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Biological agents as causes of disease Flashcards

1
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What are the three types of pathogens

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obligate pathogens, facultative pathogens, oppurtunistic pathogens

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describe obligate pathogens

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ONLY survive in host

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3
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Describe facultative pathogens

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present in the environment - wait for host

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4
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Example of facultative pathogens

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Salmonella and E.coli

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5
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Describe opportunistic pathogens

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normally benign but cause disease in compromised host

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6
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example of opportunistic pathogens

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Legionella

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7
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what diseases do bacteria cause

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cholera, typhoid & food poisoning

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8
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what diseases do eukaryotes cause

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malaria and thrush

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what diseases do viruses cause

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AIDS, small pox and thrush

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10
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Where do virulence genes normally cluster

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pathogenicity islands

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11
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What can carry virulence genes

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bacteriophages

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12
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TRUE or FALSE - virulence genes can horizontally transfer from bacteriophages

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TRUE

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13
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Where are virulence genes located in shigella

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virulence plasmids

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14
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Where are virulence genes located in salmonella

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pathogenicity islands

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15
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Describe the life cycle of fungi

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complex - show dimorphism

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16
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How do fungi exhibit dimorphism

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grows as mould at low temps, yeast when in lungs

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17
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Why is it hard to treat fungal infections

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eukaryotic nature and dimorphism

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18
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What happens to fungal yeast when its ingested into the lungs

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engulfed by macrophages

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19
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Example of disease caused by protozoa

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malaria

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20
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Describe malaria

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insects used as vector, switches between human & mosquito host

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21
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What are the protective barriers of human body

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flora, mucous and epithelia

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22
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What are flora

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dense epithelia with bacterial & fungal flora

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23
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Where is mucous secreted

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small intestine and bladder

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24
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How do epithelia work as a barrier

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tightly packed to prevent entry

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25
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What are bacterial effectors

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proteins secreted by pathogenic bacteria into host

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26
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Where are virulence effector proteins encoded

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pathogenicity islands of gram negative bacteria

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27
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Example of bacteria with virulence effector proteins

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Salmonella

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28
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How do virulence effector proteins enter the host

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injected into target host cells like intestinal epithelial cells

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29
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What do virulence effector proteins do to the host cell

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manipulate cellular signalling pathways to establish infections

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30
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Name two bacterial features

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P Pilli, Adhesins

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31
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What is the function of adhesins

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allows anchorage to epithelia

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32
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Describe the type III secretion system

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needle like device that injects virulence effector proteins

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33
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What does the type III secretion system create

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actin pedestal

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34
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What does the type III secretion system allow to enter the cell

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toxins and virulence effector proteins

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35
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How do effector molecules regulate biological activity

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bind to proteins to increase or decrease enzyme activity, gene expression or signalling

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36
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What molecule do virulence effector proteins act like

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ligands

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37
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What does actin polymerisation enable

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tight adherence which destroys microvilli

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38
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What triggers actin polymerisation

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extracellular pathogens

39
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What is intimin

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ligand that ONLY interacts with Tir

40
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What is the effect of tir and intimin on the host cells

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rearrangement of host cell morphology

41
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How does the actin pedestal cause gastroenteritis

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destroys brush border microvilli in intestine

42
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What bacteria typically evades the immune system by hiding in cells

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Legionella

43
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How do bacteria evade the immune system

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hide in macrophages

44
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What are the two types of actin polymerisation

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zipper and trigger

45
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What pathogens use the zipper mode of actin polymerisation

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Listeria and yersinia

46
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What pathogens use the trigger mechanism of actin polymerisation

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Salmonella and shigella

47
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What happens if Listeria crosses the BBB

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causes meningitis

48
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What does listeria secrete

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listeriolysin O - protein that breaks down membrane of phagosome

49
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What happens to listeriolysin O once it enters the cytoplasm

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mis folds and degrades

50
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Why does listeriolysin O mis-fold in the cytoplasm

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pH is too alkali

51
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What is listeriolysin

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pore forming toxin

52
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What does listeria bind to to trigger actin polymerisation

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e-cadherin

53
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What do antibiotics inhibit

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cross linking of peptidoglycan

54
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What do viruses contain

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nucleic acid and protein coat

55
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Why do viruses need proteins

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replicate and package the genome

56
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What are the 3 stages of the life cycle of a virus

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lytic, lysogenic and latent

57
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Describe the lytic stage of a virus

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viruses cause cell to burst open

58
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describe the lysogenic stage of

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integration of virus DNA into host’s genome

59
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describe the latent stage of virus life cycle

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viral genome is quiet and X virus proteins are translated

60
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What is the baltimore classification based on

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central dogma that minus sense DNA is transcribed by RNA transcriptase

61
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describe virus class 1

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dsDNA virus - same structure as cellular DNA

62
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Examples of diseases caused by viral class 1

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herpes, papilloma virus, and adenoviruses

63
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describe viral class 2

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ssDNA copied into dsDNA

64
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example of viral class 2

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parvovirus

65
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Describe viral class 3

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viral enzyme copies ddRNA into mRNA

66
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example of viral class 3

67
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describe viral class 4

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(+) ssRNA directly makes viral proteins

68
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example of viral class 4

69
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describe viral class 5

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uses RNA polymerase to make mRNA from (-)RNA

70
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What is the product of all the viral classes

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mRNA for protein production

71
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example of viral class 5

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ebola and influenza

72
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example of viral class 6

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AIDS & leukaemia

73
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describe viral class 6

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reverse transcriptase enables transcription of (+)RNA into dsDNA

74
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how do viral class 6 make mRNA

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incorporated into host chromosome

75
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describe viral class 7

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reverse transcriptase converts dsDNA into mRNA

76
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Example of viral class 7

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Hepatitis B

77
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What are the four types of viral entry strategy

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fusion with PM, fusion with membrane after endocytosis, pore formation, endosomal membrane disruption

78
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What virus fuses with PM as its entry strategy

79
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What virus fuses with membrane after endocytosis as its entry strategy

80
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What virus causes pore formation

81
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what virus causes endosomal membrane disruption

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adenovirus

82
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How does the viral genome up-regulate

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DNA replication & proliferation

83
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How does HPV replicate

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has its own chromosome so replicates independently of host

84
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Why does integration of a virus into basal epithelial cause cancer

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genome of basal epithelial has lots of proliferation

85
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What is the function of E6 & E7

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increase hosts DNA replication machinery

86
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What are E6 & E7

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oncoprotein’s that mediate development

87
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How can over expression of E6 & E7 be measured

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measure mRNA transcripts

88
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What is the function of Rb & p53

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prevent cell growth

89
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How does Rb prevent cell growth

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binds to cell proliferation factor keeping it inactive

90
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How dos p53 prevent cell growth

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activates safety brakes on cell proliferation

91
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How does E6 & E7 overproduction effect p53 & Rb

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binds and inactivates them causing de-regulation

92
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What are proto-oncogenes

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oncogenes that are incorporated into the viral genome

93
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what are srcs

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proteins involved with cell proliferation

94
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what is c-src

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powerful activator of cell growth

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