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The following statement is true concerning HIV resistance to protease Inhibitors:    High-level resistance occurs to the reverse transcriptase enzyme.It occurs as an accumulation of stepwise mutations of the protease gene.It occurs to prevent allosteric inhibition of the reverse transcriptase enzyme.Resistance occurs as four specific substitutions of the integrase gene.A single-point mutation occurs within the integrase gene.

The following drug may be absorbed systemically, and patients should be warned  against possible disulfiram-like effects with concomitant alcohol consumption:       1.        Permethrin2.        Sulfiram3.        Benzyl benzoate4.        Niclosamide5.        Praziquantel

Match the following drugs with the relevant indications. Each drug may be used more than once or not at all:  

A newborn is being discharged to home.  The nurse is setting up a referral to see a Pulmonology specialist to rule out Cystic Fibrosis (CF).  What is the earliest recognizable clinical manifestation of CF?

Connective tissue is composed mostly of:

The enzymes that catalyze the formation of phosphodiester bonds between adjacent 5 carbon sugars function in the:

Between the time when pre mRNA is generated and when introns are removed from it, a type of RNA called SnoRNA adds a methyl group to some bases in the pre mRNA. From what you know about RNA processing, you would expect these enzymes to function in the:

In epithelial cells of the epidermis, the intermediate filament proteins that attach hemidesmosomes and desmosomes to the cytoplasm are made of__________ which is synthesized on _______________.

Which of the following would you expect to have no glycosylated amino acids?

Two solutions are separated by a membrane that contains only channels permeable to water (aquaporins). The solution in the left-hand compartment contains 50 millimolar NaCl, which dissociates completely, and the right hand compartment contains 100 millimolar urea which is a small, charged molecule that does not dissociate.  Which of the following statements is correct?