MIDTERM 10 - Introduction to Viruses Flashcards
100 years ago, researchers couldn’t imagine submicroscopic particles, so they described the infectious agent as __________
Contagium vivum fluidum
__________, an American chemist, isolated tobacco mosaic virus in 1935
Wendell Stanley
Wendell Stanley, an American chemist, isolated __________ in 1935
Tobacco mosaic virus
Wendell Stanley, an American chemist, isolated tobacco mosaic virus in __________
1935
Are acellular obligate intracellular parasites that are 20 to 300 nm thick
Viruses
2 components of the virus structure (NE)
Nucleocapsid, Envelope
A protein-nucleic acid complex representing the packaged form of the viral genome (Components of the viral structure)
Nucleocapsid
Contains the genetic material, either DNA or RNA (Components of nucleocapsid)
Nucleic acid core
Coat that encloses the viral genome (Components of nucleocapsid)
Capsid/Protein coat
Are protein subunits that comprise the capsid
Capsomeres
A lipid-containing membrane that surrounds the nucleocapsid of some viruses (Components of the viral structure)
Envelope
Other name for glycoprotein spikes found in the surface of the virus; used for attachment to target cell receptors
Peplomers
3 types of virus symmetry
Icosahedral/Cubic, Helical, Complex
Has 20 faces and 12 vertices; usually appear spherical and can be observed in DNA and RNA viruses (Types of virus symmetry)
Icosahedral/Cubic
Resemble long rods that may be rigid or flexible; can be observed in RNA viruses (Types of virus symmetry)
Helical
Has a complicated structure (Types of virus symmetry)
Complex
Refers to the complete, mature virus particle which contains the nucleocapsid and envelope
Virion
Refers to the single stranded naked RNA that is only 300 to 400 nucleotides long and has no protein coat
Viroid
Refers to a proteinaceous infectious particle that is highly resistant to inactivation by heat, formaldehyde, and UV light that inactivate viruses
Prion
Refers to a single folded viral polypeptide chain
Subunit
Based on virion morphology, genome structure, and strategies of replication (Viral taxonomy)
Family (ends in -viridae)
Based on biological, genomic, physicochemical, or serologic differences (Viral taxonomy)
Genus (ends in -virus)
Share the same genetic information and ecological niche; has descriptive common names (Viral taxonomy)
Species
Family of medium-sized viruses that cause various respiratory infections in humans; some cause tumors in animals (Viruses with double-stranded DNA; nonenveloped)
Adenoviridae
Family of small viruses that cause warts and cervical and anal cancer in humans (Viruses with double-stranded DNA; nonenveloped)
Papovaviridae
Family of very large, complex, brick-shaped viruses that cause smallpox, molluscum contagiosum, and cowpox (Viruses with double-stranded DNA; enveloped)
Poxviridae