Certain infectious particles lack nucleic acids yet cause diseases. Which of the following correctly describes the infectious agent and a disease it causes?
Viroids; Potato spindle tuber disease
Prions; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Viruses; Tobacco mosaic disease
Lichens; Athlete's foot
Related Questions
In which of the following patterns of viral replication, viruses enter a cell, replicate and then cause the cell to burst, releasing new viruses?
Lytic
Lysogenic
Repreogenic
Both (a) and (b)
Identify the correct pair of events when temperate phages infect bacteria. I. No prophages are formed
II. Bacterial cell undergoes many divisions.
III. Bacterial cell undergoes immediate lysis.
IV. Prophages are formed
The correct pair is
I and II
II and III
III and IV
II and IV
