Virsues Flashcards
Virology is..
The science that deals with the study of viruses as causative agents for diseases
Size
20-500nm
Can virus grow on media
No
Virus outside cell is
Virion
Unique facts
RNA or DNA
double stranded RNA
History
1400BC>memphis
1196BC>ramses 5
1800> LOUIS pasteur rabies, small pathogen
1876> adolf mayer, tobacco mosaic disease, toxin
Dimtry> toxin from bacteria
Martinhs Beijerneik> contagium vivum fluidum
First human virus
Yellow fever virus, carried by mosquitos
Interferons
Cytokines proteins
For communication bet cells
Immune response
Interfere with viral replication
How to cultivate virus
Inoculation to embryonated egg/ animal
Tissue culture
Nucleic acid + capsid
Nucleocapsid
Protein coat units
Capsomeres
Arrangement of capsomeres + examples
Helical»rabies & ebola
Cubic»poliovirus
Binal/complex»bacteriophage
Protein coat function
Protect nucleic acid
Glycoproteins as receptors
Polio is….
HIV is…
Naked
Enveloped
Prophage
Lysogenic cell
Cell DNA + virus DNA
Cell in lysogenic cycle