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Virus example

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bacteriophage

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Bacteriophage

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can infect and set in motion a genetic takeover of bacteria

-i.e. Escherichia coli (E. coli)

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Model systems

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E. coli and its viruses because of their freuqnct use by researchers in studies that reveal broad biological principles

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Microbes

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  • have unique genetic mechanisms that are novel and interesting
  • viruses and bacteria are this
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Molecular Biology

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rooted in the study of viruses and their infection and takeover of cells
- i.e. bacteria

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Viruses

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NOT living
NOT cells

ARE infectious particles made up of nucleotide and protein

  • obligate intracellular parasites
  • have a genome, but can reproduce one within a host cell (they’re parasites)
  • small infectious particles consisting of nucleic acid enclosed in a capsid coat (proteins)
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Tobacco Mosaic Disease

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stunts the growth of tobacco plants and gives their leaves a mosaic coloration
- RNA based virus

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Wendell Stanley

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1935
confirmed that there is a particle smaller than bacteria that caused tobacco mosaic disease

  • crystallized the infectious particle, TMV (tobacco mosaic virus)
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Viral genomes

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may consist of either double- or single stranded DNA or RNA

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Capsid

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composed of identical protein subunits and is the protein shell that encloses the viral genome
- come in various shapes and sizes (i.e. icsohedral)

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DNA-based virus example

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herpes

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RNA-based virus example

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HIV

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Some viruses may also consist of

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nucleic acid enclosed in a membranous envelope from the host cell

  • i.e. HIV, influenza virus
  • membrane bound viruses are easy to inactivate by removing the membrane
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Bacteriophages (T4)

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  • also called phages

- have the most complex capsids found among viruses

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Viruses are

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obligate intracellular parasites
meaning they can reproduce only within a host cell
- each virus has a limited number (range) or host cells it can infect

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Viruses use

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the host cell enzymes, ribosomes, and molecules to synthesize progeny viruses

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Nature of the genome

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the basis for the common classification of animal viruses

DNA vs. RNA

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Phages

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the best understood of all viruses and go through 2 alternative reproductive mechanisms (lytic and lysogenic cycles)

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2 alternative reproductive mechanisms that phages go through

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1) lytic cycle

2) lysogenic cycle

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Lytic Cycle

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culminates in the death of the host and produces new phages and digests the host’s cell wall, releasing the progeny viruses

  • TMV
  • Rhinovirus
  • Enterovirus (self-limiting)
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Lysogenic Cycle

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replicates the phage genome without destroying the host

  • Phage
  • HIV
  • VZV
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Temperate Phages

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capable of using both the lytic and lysogenic cycles of reproduction

  • phage lambda
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Latent Viruses

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  • Herpes (DNA based), integrated into genome (measles is a herpes-based virus)
  • Varicella Zoster Virus
  • HIV (RNA based)
  • don’t kill the host cell (hanging around)
  • produces new progeny
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Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)

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chicken pox => shingles
attach to spinal ganglia 
integrated into genome
will be reintegrated
lysogenic
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All viruses have

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1) genome
2) capsid
3) membranous envelope (not all have)

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T4 lytic cycle

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1) Attachment (to host cell surface)
The T4 phage uses its tail fibers to bind to specific receptor sites on the outer surface of an E. coli cell
- hast to have the right protein/capsid

2) Entry of phage DNA and degradation of host DNA
The sheath of the tail contracts, injecting the phage DNA into the cell and leaving the empty capsid outside. The cell’s DNA is hydrolyzed

3) Synthesis of viral genome and proteins
The phage DNA directs production of phage proteins and copies of the phage genome by host enzymes, using components within the cell

4) Assembly
Three separate sets of proteins self-assemble to form phage heads, tails, and tail fibers. The phage genome is packaged inside the capsid as the head forms

5) Release
The phage directs production of an enzyme that damages the bacterial cell wall, allowing fluid to enter. The cell swells and finally bursts, releasing 100 to 200 phage particles

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Viruses’ membrane envelopes

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many have glycoproteins on their surface that bind to specific receptor molecules on the surface of a host cell

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Animal viruses utilize host cell machinery to make

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new viruses

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Some viral envelopes are formed from the host cell’s

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plasma membrane as the viral capsids exit

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The broadest variety of RNA genome is found among the viruses that

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infect animals

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Retroviruses

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use reverse transcriptase to copy their RNA genome into DNA

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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus

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  • a retrovirus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
  • attacks and destroys immune cells called white blood cells
  • can convert its RNA genome into DNA, which can then be integrated into the host genome as a PROVIRUS
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Provirus

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when an animal virus integrates its genome into the host cell DNA

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Diseases caused by viral infections affect …

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  • humans (i.e. SARS and Herpes)
  • agricultural crops
  • livestock worldwide (>2000 types of plant viruses)
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Viruses may damage or kill cells by

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causing the release of hydrolytic enzymes from lysosomes or they may cause infected cells to produce toxins that lead to disease symptoms

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Vaccines

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derivatives of pathogenic microbes that stimulate the immune system to mount defenses against the actual pathogen and can prevent certain viral illnesses

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What kinds of problems do viruses create for animal cells?

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  • a number of cytopathic or damaging effects
    1) Changes in size and shape
    2) Cytoplasmic and nuclear inclusion bodies (protein aggregates): “clumping” precipitates or clots
    3) Cell fusion to form multinucleate cells
    4) Inappropriate cell lysis (destruction)
    5) Transform cells into cancerous (oncogenic) cells by altering DNA
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Normal cells are converted to cancer cells by the accumulation

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multiple mutations affecting porto-oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes

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Certain viruses promote cancer by

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integration of viral DNA into a cell’ s genome
-i.e. herpes

individuals who get infected with certain viruses may be at an increased risk of developing certain types of cancer
-i.e. cervical cancer (papilloma virus)

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Some infectious agents behave like viruses but

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do not infect cells although they cause disease

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Prions

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misfiled proteins, contain no nucleic acid and cause spongiform encephalopathies or holes in the brain

  • cause scope in sheep and goats, boven spongiform encephalopahties (BSE) (aka mad cow disease) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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Viroids

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short pieces of RNA, no protein coat and have only been identifies in plants

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Enterovirus

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small RNA viruses that belong to the group that includes the poliovirus coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and other enteroviruses

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Non-polio-enteroviruses

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the 2nd most common to the “common cold” viruses and cause an estimated 10-15 million or more symptomatic infectious a year in USA

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Enteroviruses can be found

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in the respiratory secretions (saliva, sputum, nasal mucus) and stool of infected person

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Persons may be come infected by

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direct contact with secretions or contaminated surfaces or objects, such as a drinking glass, door knobs, telephone

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In USA, infections caused by enteroviruses are most likely to occur during

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the summer or fall

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Symptoms of enteroviruses include

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mild upper respiratory symptoms, a flu-like illness with fever and muscle aches

less commonly, some persons have “aseptic” or viral meningitis. Few infections result in myocarditis or death

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