You Are Working in a Laboratory That Is Studying a Newly

question 43

Multiple Choice

You are working in a laboratory that is studying a newly isolated virus.Your job is to culture the virus using in vitro methods.Upon observing your inoculated tissue culture specimen one day, you notice clumps of cells growing on top of the original monolayer of cells.Microscopic analysis of stained cells from the culture reveal an alteration in host cell membrane protein content and chromosomal structure.Based upon this information, you hypothesize that the virus you are studying is ______.

• A)a bacteriophage
• B)a prion
• C)a viroid
• D)an oncovirus
• E)a satellite virus

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Checks And Balances

A system that ensures no single branch of government becomes too powerful, by granting each branch some form of authority over the others.

Branches of Government

The division of government into separate and independent units with distinct responsibilities, typically including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

Legislative

Relating to a legislature or law-making body, legislative involves the process of crafting, enacting, and amending laws and statutes.

Commerce Clause

A provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.