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L3 Virology Flashcards

1
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what are viruses

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obligate intracellular parasites

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what is the structure of a virus

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nucleic acid surrounds by protein capsid (some also have lipid membrane - from host cell, acquire lipid membrane through one of the membranes in the eukaryotes e.g. cytoplasmic membrane)

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how do viruses enter cells

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via interaction with specific cell receptors (lock and key) = TROPISM (which cells, tissues, organisms can the virus infect)

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4
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how do viruses replicate when in host

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host cell machinery is hijacked resulting in synthesis of new virus

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how are viruses released

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by budding (enveloped viruses) or by cell lysis or via the secretory pathway

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6
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what viruses dont result in a disease

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orphan viruses

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7
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what can viruses infect

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bacteria
plants
animals
humans

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8
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what is transmission electron microscopy

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electrons pass through thin fixed specimen
electrons are blocked by it
electrons transmitted through specimen according to electron density

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9
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what is scanning electron microscopy

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specimen often immobilised and fixed on grid
electron interact with surface and back scattered also make x rays- both detected
gives surface topography

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10
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what is scanning EM good for

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viruses without lipid membrane (rigid structure)

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what is cryo-electron microscopy

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specimen unfixed
immobilised by freezing to near zero temp
preserves native structural features
cyro-electron tomography uses 2D images to build 3D pic

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12
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what is the effect of reducing the temp in cryo EM

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reduce energy of virus so stop vibrating can see the virus

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13
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what is a virion

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virus particle

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14
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what nucleic acid does a virus carry

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RNA or DNA

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15
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what nucleic acids do most viruses have

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RNA

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16
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what surrounds the virus

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nucleic acid plus protein = nucleocapsid

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17
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how are capsids arranged

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in symmetrical patterns

most energetically favourable state

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18
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what is the most favourable state for HIV

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helical nucleocapsid with icosahedral core

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19
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where do viruses get the lipid envelope

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host cell membrane

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20
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how viruses attach to cells

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some of the virus proteins are involved in cell attachment and entry, (usually on the surface to allow virus to stick to cell they want to infect)

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21
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what sort of enzymatic functions do viruses have

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copying viral genome (polymerases)
trimming viral proteins (proteases)
other modifying enzymes

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22
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what microscopy can see most viruses

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electron

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23
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what is the hierarchical classification system

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grouped according to shared properties

  • nucleic acid
  • capsid symmetry
  • presence/absence of envelope
  • size
  • ss/ds
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24
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what is the family suffix

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-viridae

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25
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what is the genera suffix

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-virus

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26
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ICVT hierarchy of viral taxa

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(order) > family > (sub-family) > genus > species

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27
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what is baltimore classification

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system based on replication strategy
dictated by RNA or DNA genomes they contain
7 arbitrary groups

28
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what is group 1

29
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what do group 1 viruses do

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dsDNA can replicate in nucleus (hijack your cells) or

cytoplasm and make their own enzymes for nucleic acid replication

30
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which group 1 viruses replicate in nucleus

A

adenovirus uses cellular proteins

31
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which group 1 viruses make own enzymes for nucleic acid replication

32
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what are the group 2 viruses

33
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what do group 2 viruses do

A

ssDNA replicate in nucleus

involve formation of (-) sense strand, serves as template for (+)strand RNA and DNA synthesis

34
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what are the group 3 viruses

35
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what are group 3 viruses like

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dsRNA have segmented (usually each segment encodes one protein - monocistronic) or non-segmented linear genomes

36
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how do dsRNA viruses transcribe

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most viruses with a segmented genome, each segment is transcribed separately to produce monocistronic mRNAs

37
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what are the group 4 viruses

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(+) sense RNA viruses (enveloped)

+) sense RNA viruses (non-enveloped

38
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what do group 4 (+) sense RNA viruses (enveloped) do

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mRNA naked RNA infectious - make new proteins which make new virus
translation = formation of polyprotein product

39
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what are the group 4 (+) sense RNA viruses (non-enveloped)

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  • astrovirus
  • calicivirus
  • hepatitis a virus Picornaviridae
40
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why are group 4 viruses best to see under microscope

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as non-enveloped

41
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what are the group 5 viruses

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(-) sense RNA viruses (non-segmented enveloped)

-) sense RNA viruses (segmented enveloped

42
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what do group 5 (-) sense RNA viruses (non-segmented enveloped) have

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have a virion particle RNA directed RNA polymerase

43
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what is the first stage of group 5 (-) sense RNA non segmented enveloped viruses

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transcription by viral RdRp to produce monocistronic mRNAs

44
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why do group 5(-) sense RNA viruses (non-segmented enveloped) have their own RNA polymerase

A

need own RNA polymerase to make it positive strand as they are negative strand

45
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what are group 6 viruses

A

RNA reverse transcribing viruses

46
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example of group 6 viruses

A

retroviridae: HTLV-1, HIV

47
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what is the genome of group 6 viruses

A

(+)sense but unique among viruses in that it is DIPLOID (two copies of (+) strand RNA)
serve as a template for reverse transcription to yield dsDNA

48
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what are the group 7 viruses

A

DNA reverse transcribing viruses

49
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example of group 7 viruses

A

hepadnaviridae - hepatitis B

50
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what do group 7 viruses need to make dsDNA

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rely on reverse transcription from an RNA intermediate transcript to form partial dsDNA copy

51
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what happens first when group 7virus infects cell

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repair of the gapped genome, followed by transcription

52
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what is the replication process of a virus

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viral entry: receptor, tropism
uncoating
transcription and translation 
- viral proteins
> structural, enzymatic and regulatory 
- viral genome production 
virus assembly
virus release
53
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what changes to endosome as passes through cell

A

pH gets more acidic can hijack the cell

54
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what is needed for RNA virus replication

A

RNA dependent RNAse

55
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what do reverse transcribing viruses have/make - nucleic acids

A

RNA and DNA

56
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where can nucleocapsid assembly occur

A

nucleus or cytoplasm

57
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where do envelope viruses bud

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cell membrane

sometimes golgi/ER

58
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where do non-envelope viruses mature

A

golgi/cytoplasm

59
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where are mature non-envelope viruses transported

A

secretary vesicles

60
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what happens when a (+) sense RNA viruses (non-enveloped) is introduced into cytoplasm

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RNA in cytoplasm = virus

61
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what are group 5(-) sense RNA viruses (non-segmented enveloped)

A
  • paramyxovirus (MMR)

- ebolavirus (filoviridae)

62
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where is the reverse transcription needed for group 7 DNA

A

inside maturing virus particle

63
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what are the group 4 (+) sense RNA (enveloped) viruses

A

coronavirus

togavirus

64
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what is the group 2 viruses

A

paroviridae

65
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what is the segmented dsRNA virus example

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reoviridae

66
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what the the non-segmented dsRNA virus example

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cystoviridae

67
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what are the group 5 (-) sense RNA (segmented enveloped) viruses

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  • arenaviridae
  • bunyaviridae
  • orthomyxoviridae

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