You Have Isolated the Genome from a Novel Virus and Would

question 25

Multiple Choice

You have isolated the genome from a novel virus and would like to determine its composition. You have three tu each containing one of these substances:
1) a protein that degrades dsDNA DNase, tube 1)
2) a protein that degrades ssRNA RNase, tube 2)
3) a protease that degrades viral proteins tube 3)
You add some of your novel genome to tubes 1, 2, and 3. The genome is degraded in tube 2, but not in tube 1 or t
3) Based on your knowledge of genome types that have been found in viruses, what could the genome's composition be?

• A) ssDNA
• B) ssRNA
• C) dsDNA
• D) protein
• E) None of the above seem likely.

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Definitions:

Capillary

The smallest blood vessels in the body's circulatory system, connecting arterioles to venules and facilitating the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between blood and tissues.

Arteriole

Minute artery with all three tunics that transports blood to a capillary.

Venule

Minute vein, consisting of endothelium and a few scattered smooth muscles, that carries blood away from capillaries.

Systemic Blood Vessels

The network of blood vessels that circulate blood to and from the heart and all body parts, excluding the lungs.