PLE Category: Microbiology

PLE-3948

What is the viral protein that is believed to cause tumor formation by attaching to a cellular tumor suppressor protein?

PLE-3949

What is the virulence factor present in the pathogenic E. coli causing ascending urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis, which is absent in its normal flora fraternal twin E. coli?

PLE-3950

What is the virus that causes aplastic crises in patients with hemolytic anemia by infecting and lysing progenitor erythroid cells?

PLE-3941

What is the term for a cell that produces cytotoxic compounds after Th1 cell activation?

PLE-3942

What is the term for a collection of fungal filaments?

PLE-3943

What is the term for a syncytial cell that is found within a granuloma?

PLE-3944

What is the term for the exchange of homologous segments of RNA between two different influenza type A viruses?

PLE-3945

What is the term for the medium used in the lab that contains antibiotics and is used for surveillance cultures?

PLE-3937

What is the term for a CD31 cell that releases perforin and granzyme?