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Characterizing and classifying viruses, viroids, and prions Flashcards

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Virus

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Miniscule, acellular, infectious agent having either DNA or RNA

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Causes many infections of humans, animals, plants and bacteria

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Virus

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What are some characteristics of Viruses

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Cannot carry out any metabolic pathways

  • Neither grow no respond to the enviroment
  • cannot reproduce independently, use host cell’s
  • No cytoplasmic membrane, no cytosol, no oranelles
  • Have extra cellular and intracellular state
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Extra Cellular State

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Virion

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Protein coat (capsid) surrounding nucleic acid

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Extracellular state

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Nucleic acis and capsid also called

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Nucleascapsid

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