General Characteristics Flashcards
Study of viruses
Virology
General Characteristics of Virus
- SMALLEST INFECTIOUS agent (20-300 nm)
- Haploid
- DNA or RNA
- obligate intracellular
- majority of viruses are ENVELOPED
- Resistant to antibiotics
Viruses are HAPLOID EXCEPT?
RETROVIRUSES
ENVELOPED IS ETHER….
SENSITIVE/LABILE
NAKED is ether…
RESISTANT
NAKED VIRUSES ARE
PRCPPA
Picorna
Reovirus
Calicivirus
Papovirus
Parvovirus
Adenovirus
Function of CAPSID
Protein shell/coat that encloses nucleic acid
Nucleic acid/Genome material/Viral Genome
DNA or RNA
Nucleocapsid
Nucleic acid+capsid
Morphological unit seen in surface of particles
CAPSOMERES
Capsomeres shapes ranges
HELICAL, ICOSAHEDRAL, COMPLEX
Lipid containing membrane that surrounds some viral particles
ENVELOPE
3 components of envelope
Lipoprotein
Enveloped protein (glycoprotein)
Matrix protein
Structural Unit
Protomers
Smallest equivalent to building units of capsid
Protomers
INFECTIOUS CYCLE
APUBAR
- Adsorption/Attachment/Invasion/Adhesion
- Penetration
- Uncoating
- Biosynthesis
- Assembly/Maturation
- Release
Adsorption
Finding of suitable host to invade