Many antibiotics work by inhibiting bacterial translation. Why would a drug shown to inhibit viral translation never be licensed for use in humans?

Q: Describe methods to control and destroy prions.

A: Prions are infectious protein particles that cause fatal neurodegenerative illnesses, such ad…

Q: Describe the classes of antibacterial drugs that act on DNA orRNA, and characterize their uses.

A: Antibacterial drugs refers to those chemical substance that are derived from biological sources or…

Q: How do we know that during transduction bacterial cell-to- cell contact is not essential?

A: Transduction is a process of genetic recombination by which a foreign DNA is transferred into a…

Q: What is the main problem with retroviral vectors?

A: Retroviral vectors are created by removing replication and disease-causing genes from the virus and…

Q: Give an example of a nucleoside analogue that has been used successfully as an antiretroviral drug.…

A: Nucleoside analogue can be defined as a class of drugs ,which are mainly used to as antiviral agent…

Q: What does the enzyme reverse transcriptase do and why is it agood target for anti-HIV drugs?

A: A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent. It replicates only inside the living cells of an…

Q: Actinomycin D is an inhibitor ofa) Transcriptionb) Translationc) Replicationd) None

A: Actinomycin D, an antitumor drug composed of a heterocyclic chromophore and two cyclic pentapeptide…

Q: What mechanism of antibiotic resistance does the NDM gene code for?

A: Antibiotic Resistance is the phenomenon by which any bacteria can survive in the presence of…

Q: Why are nucleoside analogs active only against replicating viruses?

A: Nucleoside analogs represent the largest class of small molecule-based antivirals, which currently…

Q: Ritonavir inhibits the action of HIV protease. What kind of inhibition is imposed on HIV protease by…

A: Microbiology is the branch of biology that deals with study of organisms that are too small to be…

Q: An enzyme used to synthesize the amino acid tryptophan is most likelya) constitutive.…

A: Answer is c.) repressible.

Q: Choose the effect of the given agents to translation or transcription. Choices: RNA polymerase…

A: Translation is the process in which ribosomes in the cytoplasm or endoplasmic reticulum synthesize…

Q: Explain why drugs that effect bacterial ribosomes can be safely used in treating people.

A: Ribosomal subunits are the site of protein synthesis in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Some…

Q: The following events are those of RNA-directed RNA synthesis in Escherichia coli. Place the events…

A: RNA-directed RNA synthesis is the process by which RNA molecules are synthesized using RNA as a…

Q: Describe how a superantigen such as toxic shock syndrome toxin can become lethal.

A: Toxic shock syndrome results due to the bacterial infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus. It is…

Q: Describe Specialized transduction: transfer of specific genetic material by means of a virus…

A: Transduction is the process in which the foreign DNA is inserted into a cell by a viral vector or…

Q: Why would some bacterial species be more likely than others to develop UV-induced mutations?

A: Answer: Introduction: Mutation- These are the random heritable changes that occurs in the DNA…

Q: What part of a eukaryotic cell could be affected by antibiotics that target ribosomes and why?

A: Majority of antibiotics that block bacterial protein synthesis interfere with the processes and…

Q: he acquired antibiotic resistance genes encode what types of proteins that can inhibit the function…

A: It is the result of an evolutionary process by which microorganisms adapt to antibiotics through…

Q: Discuss some advantages and disadvantages of bacteriophage therapyin treating bacterial infections.

A: Bacteriophage is defined as the type of virus that infects bacteria. It is also called as bacterial…

Q: For any antibiotic compounds that don’t appear to inhibit translation of proteins from the ribosome,…

A: Antibiotics that target translation interfere with the ribosome's assembly or processing.

Q: how do DNA analogs act to inhibit replication of an RNA virus

A: Step 1 Nucleoside analogs are nucleoside that contains a nucleic acid analog as well as sugar,…

Q: What enzyme is required for the movement of transposable elements that involve an RNA intermediate…

A: Transposable elements are sequences of genes that have the ability to move or jump from one location…

Q: An elderly woman took a prescription medicine to help her to sleep; however, she felt restless all…

A: Sleeping tablets are prescribed to treat insomnia. They fall under the category of…

Q: Describe the mechanism through which oseltamivir (Tamiflu) inhibits influenza virus reproduction.

A: Oseltamivir (also known as TamifluR) is an antiviral neuraminidase inhibitor used to treat and…

Q: Matching type Choices are in the picture 1. Puromycin 2. Amanitin 3. Tetracycline 4. Rifampicin…

A: DNA acts as the genetic material in most organisms. DNA is first transcribed into mRNA with the help…

Q: A patient is admitted to the hospital with a viral infection and is immediately treated with…

A: A viral infection is the proliferation of a harmful virus within the body of the organism. Symptoms…

Q: Explain how oseltamivir (Tamiflu) interferes with influenza virus replication.

A: The influenza virus is commonly known as the flu virus. An individual suffering from flu may…

Q: Indicate the class of drug that is stopping polypeptide translation: change 30S subunit…

A: Translation is the process of Synthesis of proteins with the help of mRNA, tRNA and ribosome. Some…

Q: Describe the generation of multiple-drug-resistantplasmids

A: Drug inactivation or modification is one mechanism of drug resistance. Changes to the target site.…

Q: Generalized and specialized transduction both involvebacteriophages. What are the differences…

A: Transduction is a method of transfer of genetic material in which a bacteria is infected by a virus.…

Q: Why is the detection of viral RNA not equivalent to a high risk transmission method?

A: The detection of the viral RNA, detection of infectious virus and equivalent transmission risk are…

Q: Explain the term inducer.

A: The process of transcriptional regulation is mediated by various types of regulatory proteins,…

Q: Is a bacterial operator a binding site?

A: Introduction:- Other DNA sequences, in addition to the coding region of a gene, are essential for…

Q: Draw the mechanism of action of an HIV protease. Label the substrate, the intermediates, and the…

A: HIV protease catalyzes peptide bond hydrolysis of proteins by using water. The enzyme has two…

Q: List the sites of drug biotransformation. What is the importance of understanding sites of…

A: Dentistry is a branch of medicine that focuses on teeth, gums, and mouth. etc. Dentistry is also…