INTRO TO VIRUSES Flashcards
complete infective virus particle that consist of RNA and DNA; may be identical to the nucleocapsid; more complex virions include the nucleocapsid + envelope
VIRION
smallest infectious agents causing disease in plants
VIROIDS
protein shell that encloses the nucleic acid core
CAPSID
the capsid together with the enclosed nucleic acid
NUCLEOCAPSID
morphologic units seen on the surfaces of icosahedral virus particles; represent clusters of structure units
CAPSOMERES
outer coat some viruses acquire as they penetrate or are budded from the nuclear or cytoplasmic membrane; always contain altered host-cell membrane components
ENVELOPE
morphologic units composed of structural units embedded in the envelope
PEPLOMERS
general term to describe situations where mixed infections result in enhanced yields of one or both viruses in the mixture
COMPLEMENTATION
viruses that infect bacterial cells
BACTERIOPHAGES
the mechanism by which a particular base sequence in messenger RNA produces a specific amino acid sequence in a protein
TRANSLATION
the means by which specific information encoded in a nucleic acid chain is transferred to messenger RNA
TRANSCRIPTION
required by certain defective closely related viruses to replicate
HELPER VIRUS
functionally deficient particles in some aspect of replication and may interfere with the replication of normal viruses
DEFECTIVE VIRUS
viruses that cannot reproduce from their own nucleic acid and virions are non-infectious; require a helper virus for transmission and multiplication
SATELLITE VIRUSES
True or False : Early bacteriologists believed that all contagious and infectious diseases were caused by bacteria
TRUE
The first known virus______ ;
crystallized in ______ ;
viewed in electron microscope ______
TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS
1935
1939
applied the filtration criteria to a disease in cattle that later would be known as foot and mouth disease
LOEFFLER AND FROSCH (1898)
described bacteriophages that parasitized bacterial cells causing them to swell and burst
D’ HERELLE (1922)
Identification of tabacco mosaic virus as filterable agent
INVESTIGATOR: IVANOFSKY
YEAR: 1892
Foot and mouth disease caused by filterable agent
INVESTIGATOR: LOEFFLER & FROSCH
YEAR: 1898
Myxoma virus
INVESTIGATOR: SANARELLI
YEAR: 1898
fowl plague virus (avian influenza virus)
INVESTIGATOR: CETANNI , LODE , & GRUBER
YEAR: 1901
Rinderpest virus
INVESTIGATOR: NICOLLE & ADIL-BEY
YEAR: 1902
psuedorabies virus
INVESTIGATOR: AUJESZKY
YEAR: 1902