General Properties Of Virus Flashcards
Differnce of virus from cells
Only one type (dna or rna)
Not capable of producing atp
Not capable pf synth own macromolecules
Term for the entire infectious unit of a virus or particle
Virion
Replication by _____ growth
One step
Taxonomy for
Family?
Subfamily?
Genus?
Viridae
Virinae
Virus
Only one order has currently been defined
Mononegavirales
Mononegavirales consisted of?
FPR
Filo, paramuxo, rhabdo
Where are these named from?
Pox?
Rhinovirus?
Picorna?
Disease
Site of isolation
Chemical feat
Serves to tranfer nucleic acid from One cell to another
Virion
Accounts for most of the virion mass
Capsid
Glycoprotein projection that is highly antigenic
Spikes
Lipid cpntaining viruses are sensitive to tx with
Ether and organic solvents
Part of virion derived from host cell
Viral lipids
All icosahedral capsids have
12 vertex
20 triangle face
60 identical subunits
Diameter of helical capsid is detd by
Protomeres
Length of helical capsid detd by
Length of nucleic acid