Microbes And Disease

Question 1

Virus

Answer 1

Genetic element which contains DNA or RNA and can alternate between extracellular and intracellular states

Question 2

Endocytosis

Answer 2

Process by which cells take up materials from their environment. Membrane invaginate a to form a deep pit enclosing the virus.

Question 3

Latent state

Answer 3

State of viral integration in which no new viruses are produced and cells escape damage caused by acute infections

Question 4

Substrate level phosphorylation

Answer 4

Production of ATP from ADP by a direct transfer of a high energy phosphate group from a phosphorylated intermediate metabolic compound in an exergonic catabolic pathway

Question 5

Name the 8 compounds of the TCA cycle

Answer 5

1) citric acid
2) isocitric acid
3) alpha-ketoglutarate
4) succinyl CoA
5) succinic acid
6) fumaric acid
7) malic acid
8) oxaloacetic acid

Question 6

4 categories of electron carriers

Answer 6

1) flavoproteins
2) uniquinones
3) metal containing proteins
4) cytochromes