Review for Final

Question 1

Entry of all or part of the virion into the host cell

Answer 1

Penetration

Question 2

Removal of the capsid and release of the viral genome

Answer 2

Uncoating

Question 3

A sequence of bases on a nucleus acid genome that can encode up to 3 proteins with the same sequence by using different reading frames

Answer 3

Overlapping genes

Question 4

An enzyme that makes a DNA copy of an RNA genome

Answer 4

Reverse transcriptase

Question 5

Viruses that do not have a membranous envelope surrounding the nucleocapsid

Answer 5

Naked virions

Question 6

An infection that results in cell death

Answer 6

Cytocidal infection

Question 7

Clusters of subunits or virions within the nucleus or cytoplasm

Answer 7

Inclusion bodies

Question 8

Viruses that cause progressive degenerative diseases

Answer 8

Slow viruses

Question 9

Abnormal new cell growth and reproduction due to a loss of regulation

Answer 9

Neoplasia

Question 10

Genes whose expression or abnormal expression leads to the development of cancer

Answer 10

Oncogenes

Question 11

A cancer causing gene introduced into a cell as a result of a viral infection

Answer 11

Viral oncogene

Question 12

A cancer causing gene that is a normal cellular gene

Answer 12

Cellular oncogene

Question 13

Small infective proteinaceous particles

Answer 13

Prions

Question 14

Small infective circular RNA molecules

Answer 14

Viroids

Question 15

Immunity that develops when a person comes in contact with an antigen during the normal course of activities

Answer 15

Naturally acquired active immunity

Question 16

Immunity that develops when a person is deliberately exposed to an antigen through a vaccination procedure

Answer 16

Artificially acquired active immunity

Question 17

Immunity that involves the transfer of antibodies from one host to another

Answer 17

Naturally acquired passive immunity

Question 18

A preparation of either killed microorganisms, living, weakened microorganisms, or inactivated toxins

Answer 18

Vaccine

Question 19

Immunity that is mediated by soluble antibody proteins in the blood and that does not require the direct participation of the cells

Answer 19

Humoral immunity

Question 20

Immunity that involves the direct participation of T cells

Answer 20

Cell mediated immunity

Question 21

Foreign substances to which lymphocytes respond

Answer 21

Antigens

Question 22

Areas of a molecule that stimulate production of and combine with specific antibodies

Answer 22

Epitopes

Question 23

Small organic molecules that are not themselves antigenic but will stimulate an immune response when coupled with a larger carrier molecule

Answer 23

Haptens

Question 24

Proteins that are produced in response to a foreign substance

Answer 24

Antibodies

Question 25

The attachment of a virus to the host cell surface

Answer 25

Adsorption