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M7 INTRO Flashcards

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VIRUSES

small infectious agents:
size

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20 to 300nm

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  • 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)
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VIRUSES

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VIRUSES

contain what kind of nucleic acid

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either DNA or RNA but never both

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VIRUSES

type of parasites in terms of replication

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obligate intracellular

they must enter a cell to replicate

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VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY

determines the symmetry

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CAPSID

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VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY

20 triangular phases

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cubic symmetry with icosahedral pattern

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VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY

symmetry is coils

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helical symmetry

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VIRUSES | TYPES OF SYMMETRY

with complicated symmetry

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complex structures

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VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS

  • Facilitate transfer of the viral nucleic acid
  • Protect the genome
  • Attachment of the virus particle
  • Determine structural symmetry
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STRUCTURAL PROTEINS

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VIRUSES

  • Determines the antigenic characteristics of the virus
  • Some viruses carry enzymes to initiate viral replication
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VIRAL PROTEINS

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VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS

Determines the ____ of the virus

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ANTIGENIC CHARACTERISTICS

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VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS

Some viruses carry enzymes to ____

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INITIATE VIRAL REPLICATION

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VIRUSES

DNA virus
RNA viruses

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viral nucleic acids

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VIRUSES | VIRAL PROTEINS

what protects the genome

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CAPSID

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VIRUSES | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS

  • can be single- or double- stranded
  • only agent that can be single- or double-stranded
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DNA virus

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VIRUSES | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS

  • as a single molecule or in several pieces (segmented);
  • e.g., influenza and rotauis virus (segmented)

in pieces

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RNA viruses

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VIRUSES | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS

____ RNA can directly undergo translation

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positive

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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
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VIRAL ENVELOPE

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VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE

A ____ that surrounds some virus particles

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LIPID-CONTAINING MEMBRANE

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VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE

It is acquired during viral maturation by a ____ through a cellular membrane

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BUDDING PROCESS

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VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE

contains ____

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GLYCOPROTEINS

22
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

Not all infections lead to a ____

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PROGENY VIRUS

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VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE

viruses that do not have envelope

24
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VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE

all ____ viruses have envelope

25
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VIRUSES | VIRAL ENVELOPE

icosahedral

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either enveloped or naked

26
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

a new viral particle formed after replication

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PROGENY VIRUS

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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

____ result in the production of
progeny virus

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PRODUCTIVE INFECTIONS

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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

____ fail to produce infectious
progeny

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ABORTIVE INFECTIONS

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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

STEPS IN VIRAL REPLICATION

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  1. Attachment
  2. Penetration
  3. Uncoating
  4. Expression of Viral Genomes and Synthesis of Viral Components Maturation virion
  5. Morphogenesis (or maturation) and Release
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

a mature viral particle

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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

Attachment of a virion to a s____ on a cell

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SPECIFIC RECEPTOR SITE

32
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

Penetration by ____

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RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS

33
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

direct penetration or fusion
with ____ envelop

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PLASMA MEMBRANE

34
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

in PENETRATION, the virus will be enclosed in an ____

35
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

where the viral nucleic acid is physically separated from its protein coat

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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

MORPHOGENESIS & RELEASE:
Non-enveloped viruses are released by

37
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

MORPHOGENESIS & RELEASE:
Enveloped viruses are released by

38
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

morphogenesis is also called

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maturation

39
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

viruses can replicate in ____ or ____ of the host cell

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nucleus or cytoplasm

40
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  • a virus that can infect bacteria
  • has head & tail
A

bacteriophage

41
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VIRUSES | VIRAL REPLICATION

Viral replication process of BACTERIOPHAGE

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Attachment
Penetration (DNA is injected)
Biosynthesis
Maturation
Release

42
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

composed of a viral nucleic acid and proteins but cannot replicate without a helper virus, which provides a missing action

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DEFECTIVE VIRUSES

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VIRUSES | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS

____ RNA cannot directly undergo translation

44
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

an example of defective virus

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HEPATITIS D

45
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

what is the helper virus of Hepatitis D

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Lepa B adenovirus

46
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

  • contain the host’s DNA instead of the viral DNA within the capsid
  • can infect but cannot replicate
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PSEUDOVIRIONS

47
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

an example of pseudovirion

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Lepa B adenovirus

48
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

  • consist solely of a single molecule of circular RNA without a protein coat or envelope
  • targets plants
49
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

  • Infectious particles that are composed solely of proteins with no detectable nucleic acid
  • TSF diseases
50
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VIRUSES | ATYPICAL VIRUS-LIKE AGENTS

  • “viruses-infecting bacteria”
  • Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
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BACTERIOPHAGE

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