DNA viruses overview Flashcards
What are the DNA viruses?
- Hepadnavirus
- Herpesvirus
- Adenovirus
- Poxvirus
- Parvovirus
- Papillomavirus
- Polyomavirus
Memory aid:
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DNA viruses are _HHAPPPP_y viruses!
- Heppy (Hepadna)
- Herpes
- Adelle
- Fucks
- Pervy
- Pappi
- Polyo
All DNA viruses are ____, ____ and ____ with some exceptions
- Linear
- Icosahedral
- DsDNA
Memory aid:
- All DNA viruses are LID except – Linear, Icosahedral, Double stranded
- All DNA viruses are linear except papillomavirus, polyomavirus, and hepadnavirus
- All DNA viruses icosahedral except poxvirus
- All DNA viruses are DS except parvovirus
DNA strands
All DNA viruses are dsDNA except the Parvoviridae
Memory aid:
- All DNA viruses are LID except
- All are dsDNA (like our cells), except “part-of-avirus” (parvovirus) is ssDNA
- Etymology:*
- Parvo means small: small and single
Genome shape
- All are linear except:
- papilloma- (circular, supercoiled)
- polyoma- (circular, supercoiled)
- hepadnaviruses (circular)
Memory aid:
- All DNA viruses are LID except
- He’s not in line; so hep pop and pol
Site of DNA virus replication
All DNA viruses replicate in the nucleus (except poxvirus – carries own DNA-dependent RNA polymerase and can replicate without nuclear enzymes)
Memory aid:
- DNA
- Dun sa Nucleus
- Pox is out of the box (nucleus)
DNA symmetry
Are icosahedral except pox which is complex
Only DNA virus that produces DNA by reverse transcription
Hepadnavirus
Which are enveloped DNA viruses?
- All are naked except:
- Hepadnavirus
- Herpesviruses
- Poxvirus
Herpesvirus
- Strand
- Envelope
- Symmetry
- Shape
- Strand
- Double stranded
- Envelope
- Yes
- Symmetry
- Icosahedral
- Shape
- Liner
- Summary:*
- All DNA viruses are LID except
Examples of herpesvirus
- Herpes simplex virus-1
- Herpes simplex virus-2
- Varicella-Zoster virus (HHV-3)
- Epstein-Barrvirus (HHV-4)
- Cytomegalovirus (HHV-5)
- Human herpesviruses 6 and 7
- Human herpesviruses 8
Herpesvirus that is not medically significant
Human herpesvirus 7 is not clinically significant
- Which herpesvirus most often causes oral lesions as well as keratoconjunctivitis?
- Which herpesvirus most often causes genital lesions in humans?
- Herpes simplex virus type 1
- Herpes simplex virus type 2
All DNA viruses contain double-stranded DNA, except for which family?
Parvoviridae, which has single-stranded DNA
- Remember:*
- Part-of-a-virus
Hepadnavirus
- Strand
- Envelope
- Symmetry
- Shape
- Example
- Strand
- Partially ds
- Envelope
- Yes
- Symmetry
- Icosahedral
- Shape
- Circular
- Example
- Hepatitis B
Memory aid:
- All DNA viruses are LID except – _L_inear, _I_cosahedral, _D_ouble stranded
- All DNA viruses are linear except papillomavirus, polyomavirus, and hepadnavirus
- All DNA viruses icosahedral except poxvirus
- All DNA viruses are DS except parvovirus
Unique property of hepadnavirus
Not a retrovirus but has reverse transcriptase