BACTERIAL GENETICS AND PATHOGENESIS

Question 1

Is a double stranded helical chain of nucleotides

Answer 1

DNA

Question 2

Helix is like a staircase

Answer 2

DNA

Question 3

Involved in the synthesis of RNA

Answer 3

DNA

Question 4

Is a single stranded and short, and contains sugar ribose instead of deoxyribose

Answer 4

RNA

Question 5

the process of heredity and variation

Answer 5

Genetics

Question 6

the starting point from which all other cellular pathways, functions and structure originate

Answer 6

Genetics

Question 7

adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine

Answer 7

genetic code

Question 8

a DNA sequence that encodes for a specific product RNA or protein is define as a :

Answer 8

gene

Question 9

all genes taken together within an organism compromise a :

Answer 9

genome

Question 10

genome organized in discreet elements

Answer 10

chromosomes

Question 11

Bacteria contain a single :

Answer 11

unpaired (haploid) chromosome

Question 12

The bacterial chromosome contain all genes essential for viability ad exists as a:

Answer 12

double ,stranded, close circular, naked macromolecule

Question 13

information for protein synthesis is encoded in the _______ and transmitted in The _______ to each generation.

Answer 13

bacterial DNA, chromosome

Question 14

The general flow of information in bacterial cell is form :

Answer 14

DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA)

Question 15

Act as blueprint for protein construction

Answer 15

Messenger RNA (mRNA)

Question 16

the process of encoding information in genetic elements is known :

Answer 16

gene expression

Question 17

is the duplication of chromosmal DNA for insertion into a daughter cell.

Answer 17

replication

Question 18

The result from a division of one parent cell and each daughter cell receives the full identical genetic complement contained in the original parent cell

Answer 18

replication

Question 19

is the synthesis of single stranded RNA using strand of the DNA as template

Answer 19

transcription

Question 20

It converts the DNA base sequence of a gene into messenger RNA molecule

Answer 20

Transcription

Question 21

is the enzyme central to the transcription process

Answer 21

RNA polymerase

Question 22

is the actual synthesis of a specific protein from the mRNA

Answer 22

Translation

Question 23

the genetic code with mRNA molecules is translated into specific amino acid sequence that is responsible for protein structure and function.

Answer 23

translation

Question 24

is the change in the original nucleotide sequence of the gene within an organisms genome

Answer 24

mutation

Question 25

is a method by which genes are transferred or exchanged between homologous regions on two DNA molecules

Answer 25

recombination

Question 26

it occurs when a portion of the genetic material that originated from one bacteria (cell donor) is transferred into second bacterial cell (recipient)

Answer 26

RecombinATION

Question 27

involves the uptake of free dna released in the environment when another bacterial cell dies undergo lysis

Answer 27

Transformation

Question 28

Transfer of bacterial genes by bacteriophage from one cell t another, they become one.

Answer 28

Transduction

Question 29

donor bacterial strain to recipient strain , occurs cell to cell

Answer 29

conjugation

Question 30

establish a conjugative bridge that serves as the conduit for DNA transfer from donor to recipient cell,

Answer 30

sex pillus

Question 31

illness or abnormal condition

Answer 31

pathogenesis

Question 32

are organism that cause infection or disease

Answer 32

pathogens

Question 33

pertains to the ability of the pathogenic agent to produce disease in a susceptible individulal

Answer 33

pathogenicity