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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Ubiquitous

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Most abundant form of life on earth

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2
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2 viral forms

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Extracellular virion

Intracellular

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Peter Medawar

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“A virus is a piece of bad news wrapped in protein”

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Virus definition

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Submicroscopic Acellular Obligate Intracellular Parasite

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Do not completely fit definition of MOs

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Small but acellular
Not formed by division (by assembly)
Living, but cannot reproduce outside of cell
Non-living, but able to reproduce inside host cell

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Central Dogma of molecular biology

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DNA–Transcription-> mRNA –translation-> Protein

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Destructive Impacts of Viruses

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can cause illness in animals and plants
can affect fermentation
can cause pandemics

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Constructive Impacts of Viruses

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Gene vectors for protein production and treatment of genetic diseases
Pesticides
Phage typing

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9
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Transduction

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The process of gene transfer through viruses

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