Bonus
These organelles went undiscovered for a long time because traditional stains did not pick up MVP, the protein comprising their outer shell. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these enigmatic barrel-shaped organelles discovered by Nancy Kedersha and Leonard Rome. They consist mostly of empty space and RNA and are highly conserved despite having no known function.
ANSWER: vaults
[10e] When not assembled into vaults, major vault protein can help these organs resist infection. Gas exchange occurs within the alveoli located in these organs.
ANSWER: lungs
[10m] Recent work has loaded vaults from yeast with CCL21 and injected them into tumors to stimulate cells that express these receptors. Lentiviral vectors can introduce these receptors into T-cells for use in a form of immunotherapy.
ANSWER: chimeric antigen receptors [or CARs; accept chimeric antigen receptor T-cells or CAR T-cells]
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| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
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| Minnesota | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
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| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |