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Name the antiviral drug that blocks the fusion of HIV receptors to the coreceptors required for virus entry into the cell
Microbiology Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. Name the antiviral drug that blocks the fusion of HIV receptors to the coreceptors required for virus entry into the cell
Ans → fusion inhibitor
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Q. Name the antiviral drug that blocks the fusion of HIV receptors to the coreceptors required for virus entry into the cell
Ans → fusion inhibitor
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Ans → Genomics
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Ans → glial cell
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Ans → glomerulonephritis
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Ans → glomerulus
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Ans → glycocalyx
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Ans → glycogen
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Ans → glycopeptides
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Ans → glycosidic bond
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Ans → gonorrhea
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Ans → granzymes
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Ans → Graves disease
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Ans → hair follicle
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Ans → halophile
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Ans → halotolerant
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Ans → Hansen’s Disease
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Ans → saturated
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Ans → heterotroph
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Ans → Aspartate
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Ans → IgG
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Q. Name the type of mutation involving the addition of one or more bases into a DNA sequence
Ans → insertion
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Q. Name a microorganism that has an optimum growth temperature close to the temperature of boiling water
Ans → hyperthermophile
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Q. A a term applied to the selective synthesis of one diastereomeric form of a compound resulting from the influence of an existing chiral centre adjacent to the developing asymmetric carbon atom.
Ans → asymmetric induction
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Q. A a stain that produces colour around the structure of interest while not coloring the structure itself
Ans → negative stain
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Ans → hybridization
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Ans → histoplasmosis
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Ans → immunocytochemistry (ICC)
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Ans → neonatal herpes
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Ans → parasitism
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Ans → growth curve
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Ans → quinolines
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Ans → influenza
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Ans → Ceruloplasmin
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Ans → otitis externa
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Ans → reversible process
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Ans → jaundice
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Ans → alkaloid
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Ans → quaternary structure
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Ans → Arginine and lysine
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Ans → saturated
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Q. Compounds that have the same molecular formula but different structural formulas
Ans → Isomer
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Ans → interleukins
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