Viruses, Cancer & Prions Flashcards
What does Herpes Simplex 1 cause?
Typically cold soars, rarely gential warts
What does Herpes Simplex 2 cause?
Genital warts, rarely cold soars.
Do virus have RNA and DNA?
No they have one or the other
What is a virus?
A small particle consisting of nuclei acid enclosed in a protein coat (capsid) and sometimes a membranous envelope
What do viral genomes consist of?
Either double/single strand of DNA/RNA
What is a capsid?
A protein shell that encloses the viral genome.
What do some virus have but not all?
An envelope
What is an envelope?
Membranes are derived from host membrane and contain a combination of viral and host cell glycoproteins.
What is the purpose of a glycoproteins (sugar protein)
It can help them bind to infect host cells
Is a naked or enveloped virus more affected by disinfectants?
Enveloped
What are different virus structures?
Helical, polyhedral, enveloped, complex
What does it mean for a virus to be helical?
Hollow cylindrical (tobacco mosaic virus.)
What is a polyhedral structure?
Forms triangular wedges ie)polio virus
What is an enveloped structure?
Membrane acquired from host around the capsid. Ie) herpes, hiv
What is a complex structure?
Extra feature ie) lateral body.
Seen in small pox and bacterial phages
How are virus classified?
1) type of nucleic acid (dsDNA)
2) replication strategy (enters the nucleus)
3) morphology (enveloped icosahedral)
4) host
5) type of disease they cause
What is the ICTV system of classification for viruses?
Uses families, sub families end in -viridae
Genus names end in -virus
Species names are often English names
What is the Baltimore system of classification?
Based on type of nucleic acid (RNA), strandedness (single vs. Double) and method of replication
What is the use of the Baltimore system.
It helps understand the biology Nd replictive cycles of a huge numbe of viruses. (# = more info)
What do all viruses have to do?
Make RNA that can be read by host ribosome.
What is an example of a DNA virus and how do they replicate?
Ss and ds DNA virus replicate there genetic material similar to living cells ie) herpes
How do RNA virus replicate and give an example.
RNA virus use a virally -encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase to make copies of their genome and mRNA
->use strands directly as template.
DsRNA = rotavirus
+ssRNA->directly uses as mRNA = poliovirus
-ssRNA->must first transcribe RNA to positive sense mRNA = rabiesvirus, influenzavirus.
What is unique about retroviruses?
They have a unique enzyme call reverse transcriptase.