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Name a dormant cell that survives in the death phase and is resistant to most antibiotics
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Q. Name a dormant cell that survives in the death phase and is resistant to most antibiotics
Ans → persister
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Ans → periplasmic space
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Q. Name the plasmid containing genes encoding proteins that make a bacterial cell resistant to one or more antibiotics
Ans → R plasmid
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Ans → peristalsis
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Q. A protein complex in a photosystem, containing a pigment molecule that can undergo oxidation upon excitation by a light-harvesting pigment
Ans → reaction center
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Q. Having numerous flagella covering the entire surface of a bacterial cell is known as
Ans → peritrichous
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Q. An unstable and toxic ions and molecules derived from partial reduction of oxygen
Ans → reactive oxygen species (ROS)
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Ans → peroxisome
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Ans → real-time PCR
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Ans → peroxygen
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Q. A type of endocytosis in which extracellular ligands are targeted to specific cells through their binding to specific cell surface receptors
Ans → receptor-mediated endocytosis
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Q. Name a dormant cell that survives in the death phase and is resistant to most antibiotics
Ans → persister
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Q. A a DNA molecule resulting from the cutting and insertion of DNA from one organism into the DNA of another organism, resulting in a new combination of genetic material
Ans → recombinant DNA molecule
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Q. Small red or purple spots on the skin that result from blood leaking out of damaged vessels
Ans → petechiae
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Q. The process by which DNA from one organism is cut and new pieces of foreign DNA from a second organism are inserted,
Ans → recombinant DNA technology
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Ans → redox potential
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Ans → critical mass
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Ans → lipopolysaccharide
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Ans → hydrophilic
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Ans → papilloma
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Ans → Oxaloacetate
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Ans → periodontitis
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Ans → Carbamoyl phosphate synthase I
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Ans → 10
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Ans → prodrug
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Ans → objective lenses
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Ans → immunohistochemistry (IHC)
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Ans → divided granule
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Ans → passive carrier
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Ans → leukocytes
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Ans → lymph nodes
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Ans → reaction center
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Ans → incidence
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Ans → hematuria
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Ans → Hashimoto thyroiditis
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Ans → Stereospecific number
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Ans → stent
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Ans → Hartnup’s disease
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Ans → drug
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Ans → 2-Acylglycerol and free fatty acids
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Ans → IgG
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Ans → detergency
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Ans → redox potential
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Ans → irreversible reaction
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