M7 INTRO Flashcards
VIRUSES
small infectious agents:
size
20 to 300nm
- Small infectious agents (20 to 300 nm)
- Contain only one kind of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
- Obligate intracellular parasites (they cannot replicate outside the cells)
- Responsible for a number of dreadful diseases in humans like Spanish flu (1918), Polio, SARS, Ebola, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
- Called as filterable agents (they can pass through the membrane filter)
VIRUSES
VIRUSES
contain what kind of nucleic acid
either DNA or RNA but never both
VIRUSES
type of parasites in terms of replication
obligate intracellular
they must enter a cell to replicate
VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY
determines the symmetry
CAPSID
VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY
20 triangular phases
cubic symmetry with icosahedral pattern
VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY
symmetry is coils
helical symmetry
VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY
with complicated symmetry
complex structures
VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS
- Facilitate transfer of the viral nucleic acid
- Protect the genome
- Attachment of the virus particle
- Determine structural symmetry
STRUCTURAL PROTEINS
VIRUSES
- Determines the antigenic characteristics of the virus
- Some viruses carry enzymes to initiate viral replication
VIRAL PROTEINS
VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS
Determines the ____ of the virus
ANTIGENIC CHARACTERISTICS
VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS
Some viruses carry enzymes to ____
INITIATE VIRAL REPLICATION
VIRUSES
DNA virus
RNA viruses
viral nucleic acids
VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS
what protects the genome
CAPSID
VIRUSES | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS
- can be single- or double- stranded
- only agent that can be single- or double-stranded
DNA virus
VIRUSES | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS
- as a single molecule or in several pieces (segmented);
- e.g., influenza and rotauis virus (segmented)
in pieces
RNA viruses
VIRUSES | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS
____ RNA can directly undergo translation
positive
VIRUSES
- A lipid-containing membrane that surrounds some virus particles.
- It is acquired during viral maturation by a budding process through a cellular membrane
- contain glycoproteins
VIRAL ENVELOPE
VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE
A ____ that surrounds some virus particles
LIPID-CONTAINING MEMBRANE
VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE
It is acquired during viral maturation by a ____ through a cellular membrane
BUDDING PROCESS