Microbiology and Immunology

Quorum sensing WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 474 • Bacterial growthis another area that can yield qualita- tive or quanti ...

R 475 • RRabiesABIES Rabies is a viral brain disease that is almost always fatal if it is not prevented with prompt treatment. T ...

Rabies WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 476 • Rabies is caused by a number of different virusesthat vary depending on geogra ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Radiation mutagenesis 477 • In humans, furious rabies patients typically show bizarre behav ...

Radiation-resistant bacteria WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 478 • This principle has been used experimentally to deliver r ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Radioisotopes and their uses in microbiology and immunology 479 • Escherichia colican only ...

Rare genotype advantage WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 480 • turnover of the particular protein. In another experimental a ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Red tide 481 • In 1973, Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer created the first recombinant DNA o ...

Red tide WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 482 • algae can also clog or irritate the gills of fish and can cause stress or mo ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Reproductive immunology 483 • REPLICA PLATING•seeLABORATORY TECHNIQUES IN MICROBIOLOGY RRep ...

Respiration WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 484 • Several male factors can influence the ability of suc- cessful fertilizat ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Retroposons and transposable elements 485 • cells may rely upon glycolysis alone for their ...

Retroviruses WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 486 • posonsat a new site, and most of them contain inverted repeats at their ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Rh and Rh incompatibility 487 • copy is made, the DNA inserts itself into the T cell’s DNA. ...

Rhodophyta WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 488 • dose of anti-D immunoglobulin varies in different countries. In the USA, i ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Ribonucleic acid (RNA) 489 • Thinking it was a phosphorus-rich nuclear protein, Miescher na ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 490 • Diagram showing specific base pairing found in DNA and RNA. th ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Ribonucleic acid (RNA) 491 • The mRNA molecules contain at the 5’ end a leader sequence tha ...

Ribosomes WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 492 • Ribosomal RNAs fold in very complex ways. Their structure is an important c ...

WORLD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY RNA tumor viruses 493 • The Centers for Disease Controlreport about 600–1,000 cases occurri ...