Virus Flashcards
Non living obligate intracellular parasites
Virus
Consist of a nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat
Virus
May consist of a double stranded and single stranded DNA and RNA
Viral genomes
Protein shell enclosing the viral genome
Capsids
Protein subunit of capsid
Capsomeres
Surrounds the capsids
Viral envelopes
Studied tobacco mosaic disease
First scientist to voice the concept of a virus
Martinus Beijernick
Cristallized the infectious particle tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
Wendell Stanley
Capsid + Nucleic Acid
Nucleocapsid
Nucleic Acid + Capsid + Envelope
Virion
Morphologic units on surface of icosahedralvirus particles
Capsomeres
Virus particle is composed of
Covering
Inner core
Covering is composed of
Capsid (protein)
Envelope (not found in all viruses)
Inner core is composed of
Nucleic acid molecule (DNA or RNA) Various protein (enzymes)
Virus size
18-300 nm diameter
180-400 nm length
Viral shapes
Icosahedral
Helical
Complex
Examples of icosahedral viruses
Herpes simplex virus
Poliovirus
Parvovirus
Example of helical viruses
Rabies virus
Tobacco mosaic virus
Example of complex viruses
Smallpox virus
T4 bacteriophage
Influenza virus
Viral structure
Naked virus
Enveloped virus