An 8-year-old male is frequently coming to the clinic for persistent skin infections that do not heal within a normal time frame. He had a normal recovery from the measles. Checking his antibodies following immunizations yielded normal antibody responses. A defect in which of the following cells would most like be the cause of the continual infections?

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#General Aptitude

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

#Question id: 797

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

With respect to microRNAs, which, if any, of the following statements, is FALSE?)

A. MicroRNA genes often occur in gene clusters within introns of protein-coding genes and are usually transcribed by RNA polymerase II.

B. Like an mRNA a miRNA is initially produced as a larger precursor RNA that, like the great majority of mRNAs, usually has a 5’ cap and a poly(A) tail.

C. MicroRNAs are produced by germ-line cells only.

D. A miRNA is initially produced as a duplex RNA but in order to work it needs to be converted into a single-strand RNA.

E. MicroRNAs usually work as transcription factors.

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

#Question id: 881

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

 ______and ________ are the first chaperones a newly made prokaryotic protein encounters. Subsequently, many partially folded proteins are handed off to other chaperones to complete the folding process. E. coli can tolerate the elimination of_______ or________, but not both, thereby indicating that they are functionally redundant.