Eukaryotic Virus Vectors - Molecular Virology | Biology+

Course

Microbiology

Study Pack

Set 1: Introduction to Virology

Set 2: Virus Structure and Assembly

Set 3: Virus Classification: The World of Viruses

Set 4: Virus Entry

Set 5: Single-Stranded RNA Bacteriophages

Set 6: Microviruses

Set 7: Bacteriophage

Set 8: Bacteriophage Lambda

Set 9: Viruses of Archaea

Set 10: Cucumber Mosaic Virus

Set 11: Picornaviruses

Set 12: Flaviviruses

Set 13: Togaviruses

Set 14: Coronaviruses

Set 15: Paramyxo-Viruses and Rhabdoviruses

Set 16: Filovirouses

Set 17: Bunyaviruses

Set 18: Influenza Viruses

Set 19: Reoviruses

Set 20: Parvoviruses

Set 21: Polyomaviruses

Set 22: Papillomaviruses

Set 23: Adenoviruses

Set 24: Herpesviruses

Set 25: Baculoviruses

Set 26: Poxviruses

Set 27: Viruses of Algae and Mimivirus

Set 28: Retroviruses

Set 29: Human Immunodeficiency

Set 30: Hepadnaviruses

Set 31: Viroids and Hepatitis Delta Virus

Set 33: Intrinsic Cellular Defenses Against Virus Infection

Set 34: Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Virus Infection

Set 35: Antiviral Vaccines

Set 36: Antiviral Chemotherapy

Set 37: Eukaryotic Virus Vectors

Set 37 Eukaryotic Virus Vectors

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Set 37 Eukaryotic Virus Vectors

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which of the following viruses has been used to produce the best characterized and mostly commonly used virus vectors?

A) Lentivirus
B) Herpes simplex virus
C) Adeno-associated virus
D) Adenovirus
E) Retrovirus

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Zinc finger nucleases could be used to solve one major disadvantage of using retrovirus vectors in gene therapy treatments.Which of the following disadvantages could they solve?

A) The low levels of transgene expression.
B) The stimulation of the immune system by the virus vector.
C) The random integration into the host genome.
D) The ability to only insert small transgenes in the vector.
E) The toxicity of the viral proteins to the transduced cell.

Answer

(True False)

Free

Virus vectors that contain large transgenes do not require a helper virus to be propagated.

Answer