Question 1

Rhabdoviruses can infect a wide variety of hosts including insects, plants and vertebrates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following virion proteins mediates the coiling of the rhabdovirus nucleocapsid to form the bullet-shaped virion?

Accepted Answer

A)  The HN (hemagglutinin/neuraminidase) protein 
B)  The F (fusion) protein 
C)  The M (matrix) protein 
D)  The N (nucleocapsid) protein 
E)  The L (RNA polymerase) protein 
A)  The HN (hemagglutinin/neuraminidase) protein 
B)  The F (fusion) protein 
C)  The M (matrix) protein 
D)  The N (nucleocapsid) protein 
E)  The L (RNA polymerase) protein

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the leader sequence at the 3' end of the paramyxovirus genome, is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is translated into a short polypeptide. 
B)  It is transcribed into a short positive-strand RNA. 
C)  The transcript produced from the leader contains a packaging signal for the positive-strand antigenome. 
D)  It contains the binding site for the RNA polymerase to begin transcription. 
E)  The transcript produced from the leader lacks a 5' cap. 
A)  It is translated into a short polypeptide. 
B)  It is transcribed into a short positive-strand RNA. 
C)  The transcript produced from the leader contains a packaging signal for the positive-strand antigenome. 
D)  It contains the binding site for the RNA polymerase to begin transcription. 
E)  The transcript produced from the leader lacks a 5' cap.

Question 4

New paramyxoviruses have emerged from fruit bats by being transmitted to domestic livestock and then to humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following describes the process of RNA editing as used by the paramyxoviruses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Removal of an introns and splicing together of the exons. 
B)  Splicing together of two separate RNAs. 
C)  Removal of one or two nucleotides from the 5' end of the mRNA. 
D)  Addition of one or two non-template nucleotides to the mRNA. 
E)  Removal of one or two nucleotides from the middle of the mRNA. 
A)  Removal of an introns and splicing together of the exons. 
B)  Splicing together of two separate RNAs. 
C)  Removal of one or two nucleotides from the 5' end of the mRNA. 
D)  Addition of one or two non-template nucleotides to the mRNA. 
E)  Removal of one or two nucleotides from the middle of the mRNA.

Question 6

The order of the genes in the genomes of paramyxoviruses and rhabdoviruses is highly conserved.Is there a benefit to the virus for this specific gene order?

Accepted Answer

Because the viral genes are transcribed

Exam 15: Paramyxo-Viruses and Rhabdoviruses

Rhabdoviruses can infect a wide variety of hosts including insects, plants and vertebrates.

Which of the following virion proteins mediates the coiling of the rhabdovirus nucleocapsid to form the bullet-shaped virion?

Which of the following statements about the leader sequence at the 3' end of the paramyxovirus genome, is FALSE?

New paramyxoviruses have emerged from fruit bats by being transmitted to domestic livestock and then to humans.

Which of the following describes the process of RNA editing as used by the paramyxoviruses?

The order of the genes in the genomes of paramyxoviruses and rhabdoviruses is highly conserved.Is there a benefit to the virus for this specific gene order?

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