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In an example of this state, three sequential transcriptional programs hijack NF-kappa B signaling with LMP1 to generate an in vivo immortal cell line. MicroRNAs that maintain this state are expressed by the BHRF1 and BART gene clusters. Episomal DNA undergoes chromatinization with host histones during this state, producing epigenetic silencing as an escape mechanism. In some populations, this state can be identified by accumulation of the LAT intron. Entering this state requires suppression of early genes (10[1])and can be viewed as a form of bet-hedging due to its (10[1])creation of a drug-resistant reservoir in long-lived (-5[1])cells like neurons of the dorsal root ganglia. (-5[1])Stress-triggered (10[1])reactivation can end this state, producing (-5[1])outbreaks (-5[1])of (-5[1])shingles or cold (-5[1])sores. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[1])name this form (-5[1])of dormancy assumed by viruses (-5[2])not actively undergoing the lytic (10[1])cycle. (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[6])

ANSWER: viral latency [or latent; accept lysogeny or lysogenic cycle; prompt on chronic (viral) infection; prompt on dormancy or dormant until “dormancy” is read]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2080%0%50%123.25

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason HongBrownIllinois7610
Derek ChenColumbia BBerkeley A8810
Andrew HannaPennNorthwestern95-5
Geoffrey WuColumbia AMinnesota A103-5
Annabelle YangWUSTL ARutgers10410
Aidan FeinVanderbiltMaryland110-5
Michael DuWaterlooCornell A111-5
David BassJohns HopkinsChicago B112-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateBerkeley B115-5
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BChicago D11610
Andrew MinagarYale AArizona State11710
Joseph ChambersVirginiaIndiana119-5
Jason ZhangToronto BMichigan122-5
Ryan HumphreyTexasGeorgia Tech127-5
Raymond ChenToronto AFlorida127-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AKentucky13210
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BIowa State13310
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesMcGill13410
Richard NiuCornell AWaterloo13410
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaCornell B1340
Karthik PrasadCornell BSouth Carolina1340
Quentin MotGeorgia TechTexas1340
Alex AkridgeIndianaVirginia13410
Connor BlakeChicago BJohns Hopkins13410
Andy YuMarylandVanderbilt13410
Ben WeinerMinnesota AColumbia A13410
Jake GreerHarvardMinnesota B1340
Urbas EkkaMinnesota BHarvard1340
Jason HuangNorthwesternPenn13410
Graham CopeFloridaToronto A13410
Todd MaslykMichiganToronto B1340
Fred GarveyTruman StateYale B13410