Viruses

Question 0

How are antibodies are made and what is the purpose?

Answer 0

Antibodies identify viruses in neutralization tests, viral hemagglunation, and western blot.

Question 1

List three viruses hat can cause cancer

Answer 1

Some viruses that cause cancer is HPV 4 which is mononucleosis. Papilloma virus and hepatitis C

Question 2

List the six steps of viral replication

Answer 2

Six steps of viral replication if it is enveloped
Attach to membrane by glycoproteins
Perform endocytosis
The enzyme protease uncovers the capsid 
Biosynthesis production of proteins 
Capsid proteins assemble 
Release by budding

Question 3

What are the 8 characteristics of life

Answer 3

DNA, response to environment, evolutionary, regulation, order, growth and development, energy processing and reproduction. Everything on the left which are eukarya and bacteria and archea are considered living. Viruses are not considered living because of missing characteristics.

Question 4

Three types of proteins found in a virion

Answer 4

Glycoproteins that stick the viruses onto the host cell membrane
Capsid proteins that cover the Nucleiod region
Enzymes like protease, integrate and reverse transcriptase.

Question 5

Describe the one step viral growth

Answer 5

One step viral growth compares the number of virions and how many days it grows. It has an eclipse period where virions are not present because they are inside the host cell. In the eclipse period replication occurs, once coming out it will increase the number of virions.