i. Medically Important Organisms Flashcards
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Mobile genetic elements
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Tranposons
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Obligate intracellular but acellular PARASITES OF PLANTS; naked RNA;
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Viroids
2
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Jumping genes
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Transposons
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Cellular form of the protein PrPc
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Prions
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PrPc is susceptible to what
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Protease and soluble detergent
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Vacuolated neurons with loss of function; lack of an immune response or inflammation
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Spongiform encephalopathy
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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Mad cow
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Incubation period of prions
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30 yrs
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MOT of prions
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Corneal transplants, brain electrodes, cannibalism, inherited
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Prion disease characterized by cerebellar manifestations; due to cannabilism in new guinea
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Kuru
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Prion disease characterized by higher cortical dysfunction
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Creutzfeldt Jakob
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1st source of penicillin
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Penicillum chrysogenum
12
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Most common cause of conjunctivitis
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Adenovirus
