Microbiology Exam 2

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Most often a biological vector
Ticks
Inflamed skin lesions on feet caused by what?
Hookworm larvae penetrated the skin
What role does a snail play in the transmission of the diease Bitharzia?
It is the biological vector in which cercarial larvae develop
What can enveloped viruses do that naked viruses cannot?
Be released from host cells by budding
Antigens displayed on MHC class II come from what?
Phagolysosome of the cell that dispalys them
Function of C3b?
Enhances phagocytosis
Function of C3a
Induces diapedesis
Function of C5b
Recruits a lytic pore complex (MAC)
Function of C3b
Initiates one of the complement pathways
What would most likely change the function of a protein?
Changing the base in the 5' position of a codon
What would be the anticodon of the first tRNA to enter a ribosome during protein translation?
UAC
Function of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
To charge a particular tRNA with a specific amino acid
How do denderitic cells in tissues recognize the presence of bacteria in the tissue?
Pili or flagella from the bacteria bind to specific proteins on the surface of dendritic cells
You are a histologist working in a hospital lab. you get a tissue sample to analyze that contains many cells like the ones shown (shows inflammation). what can you conclude?
Tissue came from a patient with a bacterial infection
Main function of Tc cells in the immune system
To use perforin to kill infected cells