Viruses
The surface protein of Influenza viruses that is thought to primarily mediate exit/egress
What is NA (Neuraminidase)?
Pop-culture nickname of omicron variant XBB.1.5
What is "kraken"?
Bacterial ribosomes, in Svedburg units
What is 70S?
The number of times Italy has won the FIFA World Cup
What is four?
Biologist who conceptualized and discovered the laws of segregation, dominance, and independent assortment
Who was Mendel?
This viruses capsid looks like a gonococcus
What is geminivirus?
The genus of SARS-CoV-2
What is Sarbecovirus?
These tiny organelles duplicate during G2/M and are involved in spindle organization
what are centrioles (or centrosomes)?
The most abundant protein in the world
What is Rubisco?
Known for the theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
Who is Lamarck?
"Self cleaving" peptide elements from this viral family allow for two separate proteins to be co-translated as a contiguous ORF
What are the picornaviridae (or picornaviruses)?
This was the first CoV to be described, by June Almeida in the mid-1960's.
What is HCoV-229E?
These cells, embedded within the epidermis, are mechanosensors for light touch and make contact with somatosensory neurons
What are Merkel cells?
What is a coulomb?
dN/dS
What is the ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous substitutions?
The first genome to be sequenced
What is bacteriophage PhiX174?
The proline residue of the original SARS-CoV-2 FCS (PRRAR) has been mutated to which residue in most current strains?
What is histidine?
The coat complex involved in secretory anterograde trafficking from ER to Golgi
What is COPII?
none of the members of "The Ramones" were biologically related. Instead they all used psuedonyms, inspired by this rock star, who would check into hotels as "Paul Ramon".
Who is Paul McCartney?
The notion that RNA viruses with high mutation rate s will generate a diverse mutant repertoire over the course of a few generations
What is quasispecies?
A strange hybrid virus of the two former genera of the abolished virus family "Papovaviridae"
What is Bandicoot Papillomatosis Carcinomatosis Virus (BPCV1 or BPCV2)?
These four human coronaviruses have furin cleavage sites
What are SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, HCoV-OC43, and HCoV-HKU1?
A process when one cell contacts and "nibbles" another cell, characterized by rapid transfer of membrane fragments with functional integrity
What is trogocytosis?
While not the highest peak above sea level, it's summit is the point farthest from the center of the Earth
What is Chimborazo?
Lineage of large, mostly flightless birds including the African ostrich, the Australian emu, the South American rhea, the diminutive New Zealand kiwi, and the extinct Madagascar elephant bird. It seems they originated from flighted ancestors who evolved large sizes and loss of flight only after flying to their new homes and occupying similar niches.
What are ratite birds?