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Dimitri Ivanofsky showed that Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) was able to

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pass through a filter while bacteria could not (1892)

First electron micrograph of TMV in 1939

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Martinus Beijerinck showed that the titer of TMV

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increased after infecting a plant, proving TMV was not a toxin (1898)

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Bacteria viruses (bacteriophage)
 discovered by
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Frederick W. Twort (1915) while trying to grow vaccinia virus

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Bacteriophage were instrumental in developing the field of

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virology and expanding the field of biology

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Foot and mouth disease

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first animal virus) discovered (1898)

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Yellow fever virus

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(first human virus) discovered in 1901

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Viruses are

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obligate intracellular parasites

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Viruses are not

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autopoietic

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Cellular origin

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Proposes that viruses were once cellular components but over time they evolved separately.

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Autopoietic origin

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Proposes that viruses, once autopoietic entities, became dependent on cells for replication.

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Attributes for Virus Classification

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Virus particle structure
Genome
Replication features
Serology
Stability
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Nucleocapsid

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RNA or DNA in a core that is protected by a protein coat (capsid)

Virus is defined by the nucleocapsid structure

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Nucleocapsid structural symmetry

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helical
pelomorphic
Icosahedral

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Nucleocapsid is comprised of repeating

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protein subunits called capsomeres

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Envelopes:

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virus-modified cellular membranes acquired upon exit from host

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Exposure to lipid solvents in the laboratory (e.g., alcohol, ether, acetone, Freon, etc.) renders enveloped viruses

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noninfectious

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Enveloped viruses may have nucleocapsids with

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different structures

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18
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Smallest virus

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18 nm

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Largest

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300 nm

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Virus Genome DNA

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double or single stranded

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Virus genome RNA

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RNA
Double stranded
Single stranded
Plus sense (+)ssRNA
Minus sense (-)ssRNA (polarity)
Ambisense
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Ambisense

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Among the negative RNA viruses, ambisense RNA viruses or ‘ambisense viruses’ occupy a distinct niche. Ambisense viruses contain at least one ambisense RNA segment, i.e. an RNA that is in part of positive and in part of negative polarity.

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Virus Genome Structure

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Linear
Circular
Segmented
Diploid
Gene arrangement can change this
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Virus Replication steps

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Attachment
Entry
Transcription
Translation
Replication
Assembly
Release
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Viral attachment is the

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Binding of a virus receptor to a cellular receptor

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Cellular receptors

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Signaling molecules – induced cellular response to binding
Cell adhesion
Transport

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Viral receptors usually do not

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mimic cell receptor’s normal ligands

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viral receptors typically are

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Typically are spike like projections on particle surface

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Viral creceptor smay require

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a co-receptor- e.g., HIV (CD4, CXCR4)

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Genetic engineering - can change receptor recognition

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Integrin RGD sequence – used by Ad, engineered into lambdaphage
Pseudotyping particles – improve retroviral entry, VSV, Ebola, LCMV

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Attachment is a major determinant of

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virus tropism (host range)

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32
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Viruses infect essentially all known

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forms of life
Specific host ranges, some can infect humans and animals (zoonosis)
Not shared across more divergent hosts (plants, bacteriae

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Virus Replication – Entry - Pathways

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Receptor rrrr3 mediated endocytosis

Direct penetration of plasma membrane

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Enveloped virus

- viral entry

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Membrane fusion
Best understood for influenza
HA protein – attachment & fusion

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Receptor conformational change

Receptor conformational change

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Low pH

Receptor induced

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36
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3Uncoating

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involves nuclear replication nd cytoplasmic replication after uncoating

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37
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Nuclear replication

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Genome and remaining protein coat (nucleocapsid) transported to the nuclear membrane
Delivery of genome to nucleus

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38
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Cytoplasmic replication

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Release of the genome in cytoplasm
Transportation of the genome to intracellular site of replication
Many RNA viruses replicate in membrane associated complexes

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39
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dsRNA viruses never release their

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genomic material from the entering particle

40
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DNA viruses usually rely upon cellular

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RNA polymerases

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The genome of (+)ssRNA viruses can

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serve as mRNA

Production of new transcripts can occur later using a (-)ssRNA template

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(-)ssRNA, dsRNA viruses must bring their own

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polymerase into the cell

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All viruses need the cell’s

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ribosomes to produce protein – no exceptions

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Viral protein production can be regulated at the

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transcript (mRNA) level or translation level

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Structural proteins are produced in

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high quantities

46
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Non-structural proteins are only seen inside the

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infected cell

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(+)ssRNA Genome serves as template for

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translation

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(+)ssRNA

-Polymerase makes (-)ssRNA copy as

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template for new genomes

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(-)ssRNA

Virus particle must include the

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viral polymerase

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-ssrna Polymerase makes

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messenger RNA for translation

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Viral Genome replicates through full-length

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(+)ssRNA intermediate

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dsRNA

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Virus particle includes viral polymerase

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dsRNA induces innate

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immune response so genome stays inside particle

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mRNA synthesized in particle and exported to

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cytoplasm

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mRNA serves as

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(+) strand in virus genome, (-) strand synthesized during assembly

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ssDNA and dsDNA must gain access to

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nucleus

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Poxviruses are an exception, virion contains the necessary

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RNA polymerase and the genome encodes the DNA polymerase for replication

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ssDNA and dsDNA Prepare the cell for

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DNA replication
Growth phase, dNTP production, replication machinery
Ensure genome ends are copied

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ssDNA and dsDNA Prepare the cell for

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DNA replication
Growth phase, dNTP production, replication machinery
Ensure genome ends are copied

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Virus assembly

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Package new genomes into functional particles
Localize structural proteins to aid assembly
Cellular viral “factories”

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Virus Genome contains

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packaging signals

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Adenovirus –

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empty protein coat imports genome

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Reovirus –

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RNA packaged during capsid assembly

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Retrovirus –

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preassembly on a membrane

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Lysis

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Best known for bacteriophage

Viral molecules that rupture cellular membrane

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Weak Lysis

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Depends on membrane breakdown after cell death

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Budding (enveloped only)

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Enveloped viruses use cell membrane as the outer coat of the virus particle

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One step growth curve

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Infect every cell at same time (MOI > 5)

Every cell dies at end of infection

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Phases

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Eclipse
Exponential growth
Plateau

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Eclipse:

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attachment and uptake

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Exponential growth:

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replication and assembly

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Plateau:

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cell death

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Virus Replication - Kinetics Useful to assess:

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Mutations
Cell entry
Process design

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Time for one step growth

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Start of infection to beginning of plateau
Bacteriophage – 30 min
Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV): 6 hours
Vaccinia: 24 hours

75
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Productivity

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Measure amplification
VSV – 1:1000
Vaccinia – 1:100

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Initial discovery

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Disease in a host

Contaminant in cell culture

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Confirmation

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Purification of virus
Confirmation of disease
Animals, eggs or cell culture
Cell culture is preferred

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Principle of Detection and Quantification Methods

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Infectivity
Physical
Genome
Serological

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Cytopathic Effect (CPE)
 infection assay
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Cell Rounding
Syncytia Formation
Inclusion bodies

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Fluorescent Focus Assay

infection assay

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Infect cells
Expose virus antigen
Stain with labeled antibody
Count areas that fluoresce

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Plaque Assay

infection assay

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Cell monolayer
Inoculate with dilute virus
Infected cells die leaving a clear area – plaque

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Infectious Dose

infection assay

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ID50, IU50, TCID50
Systems: Tissue Culture, Eggs, Animals
Inoculate with different dilutions of virus
Calculate concentration based on number infected

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Particle Assays

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Electron microscopy

Hemagglutinin assay

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Electron microscopy

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Direct image of virus particles

Calibrate with latex bead standard

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Hemagglutinin assay

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Viruses that bind red blood cells (RBCs)
Mix constant number of RBCs with various virus dilutions
If virus concentration is sufficient, a matrix of RBCs and virus is formed
Matrix does not allow RBCs to pellet

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Polymerase Chain Reaction

genome assay

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DNA primer specific to virus
Amplify the gene
Very sensitive

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Southern (DNA) & Northern (RNA) Blots

genome assay

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Isolate DNA or RNA
Separate by electrophoresis
Use labeled DNA probe to detect

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Serological Assays

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Virus neutralization
Enzyme Link Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA)
Western (Protein) Blot

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Virus neutralization

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Antibody binding to virus can block infection

Virus concentration determined by amount of antibody needed

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Enzyme Link Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA)

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Antibody recognition of virus

Amplification by enzyme linked to antibody

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Western (Protein) Blot

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Separate proteins by electrophoresis

Probe proteins using an antibody

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Viruses are obligate

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intracellular parasites; use host cell’s replication processes to duplicate themselves

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Every virus has a

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nucleocapsid consisting of genetic material (RNA or DNA) and protein; some viruses are enveloped (coated with a host cell membrane)

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Human viruses have diameters of

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30-300 nm

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Viruses are classified by the

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genome, virus particle structure, and replication strategy

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RNA viruses replicate in

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cytoplasm

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DNA viruses replicate in

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nucleus

Micro unit 2 (12 decks)

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