Lecture 5 Flashcards
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Viruses
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Incapable of autonomous reproduction, growth or metabolism
2
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virion
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Complete virus particle
3
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Viruses
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Cannot reproduce independent of living cells nor carry out cell division
4
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Virus Negative
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It can cause disease
5
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Viruses Positive
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Important members of aquatic world and evolution
6
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bacteriophages (phages)
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Bacterial viruses
7
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Viroids
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Only RNA
8
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Viruses
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Protein and nucleic acid (membrane?)
9
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Satellites
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Only nucleic acids (DNA/RNA)
10
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Prions
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Proteins only
11
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virions
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contain a nucleocapsid
12
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nucleocapsid
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composed of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and a protein coat (capsid)
13
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icosahedron
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regular polyhedron with 20 equilateral faces and 12 vertices
14
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binal symmetry
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Large bacteriophages
15
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Envelope proteins
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Viral encoded proteins that project from the envelope surface called spikes
