Viruses, Cancer & Prions Flashcards

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What does Herpes Simplex 1 cause?

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Typically cold soars, rarely gential warts

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What does Herpes Simplex 2 cause?

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Genital warts, rarely cold soars.

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Do virus have RNA and DNA?

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No they have one or the other

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What is a virus?

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A small particle consisting of nuclei acid enclosed in a protein coat (capsid) and sometimes a membranous envelope

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What do viral genomes consist of?

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Either double/single strand of DNA/RNA

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What is a capsid?

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A protein shell that encloses the viral genome.

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What do some virus have but not all?

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An envelope

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What is an envelope?

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Membranes are derived from host membrane and contain a combination of viral and host cell glycoproteins.

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What is the purpose of a glycoproteins (sugar protein)

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It can help them bind to infect host cells

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Is a naked or enveloped virus more affected by disinfectants?

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Enveloped

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What are different virus structures?

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Helical, polyhedral, enveloped, complex

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What does it mean for a virus to be helical?

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Hollow cylindrical (tobacco mosaic virus.)

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What is a polyhedral structure?

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Forms triangular wedges ie)polio virus

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What is an enveloped structure?

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Membrane acquired from host around the capsid. Ie) herpes, hiv

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What is a complex structure?

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Extra feature ie) lateral body.

Seen in small pox and bacterial phages

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How are virus classified?

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1) type of nucleic acid (dsDNA)
2) replication strategy (enters the nucleus)
3) morphology (enveloped icosahedral)
4) host
5) type of disease they cause

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17
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What is the ICTV system of classification for viruses?

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Uses families, sub families end in -viridae
Genus names end in -virus
Species names are often English names

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What is the Baltimore system of classification?

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Based on type of nucleic acid (RNA), strandedness (single vs. Double) and method of replication

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What is the use of the Baltimore system.

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It helps understand the biology Nd replictive cycles of a huge numbe of viruses. (# = more info)

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20
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What do all viruses have to do?

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Make RNA that can be read by host ribosome.

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What is an example of a DNA virus and how do they replicate?

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Ss and ds DNA virus replicate there genetic material similar to living cells ie) herpes

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How do RNA virus replicate and give an example.

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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.

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23
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What is unique about retroviruses?

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They have a unique enzyme call reverse transcriptase.

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What does reverse transcriptase do?

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Reverse transcribes its genome. Converts ssRNA->dsDNA

25
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How do retro viruses infect?

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It coverts its ssRNA to dsDNA and gets incorporated into the hosts cell genome prior to expression of the viral genes.
Eg)HIV

26
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How do does DNA Reverse transcribing viruses work?

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These viruses encode their DNA to a mRNA and an RNA replicative intermediate. The RNA is then reverse transcribed to DNA by a virally encoded reverse transcriptase.
Eg) Hepatitis B

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What is a protein tail?

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Part of a phage-> the protein tail attaches the phage to the host and injects the phage DNA inside

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What is a lytic cycle?

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= death of host cell.

Produces new viruses and digests the host’s cell wall releasing the progeny viruses.

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What are the 6 stages of the lytic cycle?

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1) attachment ->tail fibres recognize surface molecules
2) Entry-> can have an enzyme to digest through cell wall and inject genome.
3) Viral gene expression
4) DNA & Protein synthesis: production of virus DNA and protein
5) Assembly/Maturation: assembly of phage particle
6) Release: peptioglycan digestive enzyme to release of phage

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What is a lysogenic cycle?

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Replicates virus genome without destroying the host. The DNA is incorporated into the host’s chromosome. =called a prophage or provirus.
An environmental signal triggers the virus genome to exit and switches to lytic mode.

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Where do DNA viruses typically need to go?

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To the nucleus

32
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How do glycoproteins on an envelope help a virus?

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The glycoproteins can bind to specific receptors on molecules on the surface of a host. This allows the virus to enter via endocytosis when the plasma membrane and viral envelope fuse

33
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What is budding?

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When viral envelopes are formed from the host cells plasma membrane.

34
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Where else are envelopes made?

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At the Golgi apparatus

35
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What is direct penetration?

Give an example

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Ie) polio

It binds to cell receptor and is blue to enter this way -> DNA in inserted into cytoplasm

36
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What is endocytosis? Give an example

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Ie)Herpes

Binds to receptor on host cell. ->host cell thinks its food-> brought inside a vacuole

37
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What is membrane fusion. Give an example.

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Ie) measles

Envelope fuses directly with host membrane

38
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Where do RNA viruses usually replicate?

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Cytoplasm

39
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What do all viruses have to use of the hosts

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Ribosomes

40
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What are the different exit strategies of a virus?

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Lysis of cell, budding and exocytosis

41
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What are the pro and cons of lytic infections?

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+ many copes
- causes cytoplasmic effects.
Ie) adenovirus, poliovirus

42
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Pro and cons of a chronic/persistent infection

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+ virus is shed
+ doesn’t always harm the host.
- shed slowly
Ie) Hepatitis B

43
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Pros & cons of Latent infections

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Virus is hiding in host DNA.
Triggered by external factors
Ie) herpes simplex 1

44
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What is an Oncogenic infection?

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The virus mutates/transforms the host cell to cancer cells.

Ie) human papillmoavirus

45
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Explain what type of virus a papovaviridae is.

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Papovaviridae (Papillomavirus):
Has dsDNA circular
naked, enters via direct penetration.
Symptoms: typically none, can cause warts of skin an mucosal cells (hands, feet, genitals).
Some can cause cervical cancers.
Pap test look for abnormal morphology of cervial cell.

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What is a tumour?

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Mass of constantly dividing cells

47
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Describe Herpesvirus

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Genetic: dsDNA (linear)
Entry: enveloped, induces endocytosis.
Can be latent.

48
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What are some different kinds of herpes virus?

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HHV-1 = herpes simplex virus 1 = cold sores
HHV-2 = herpes simplex virus 2 = gential warts 
HHV-3 = Varicella-zoster virus =chicken pox and shingles 
HHV-4 = Epstein-Barr virus= causes mono, can lose cause Burkitt’s lymphoma
49
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What belongs to Rhabdoviridae?

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Rabies virus:

It’s a -ssRNA that enters via endocytosis. Infects the central nervous system of most mammals

50
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What is Zoonosis:

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An infectious disease that can transmit to and from animals to humans.

51
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Describe Influenzavirus A,B, &C

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Genetic: -ssRNA, several pieces H1N1
It’s enveloped and enters via endocytosis
Cause flus’

52
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What are the two proteins influenza uses for pathogenicity?

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Hemagluten = binds to cells (H1-H16)
Neuramindase = helps escape N1-N9
53
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What is antigenic shift?

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When a cell is infected by two different kinds of virus everything gets re-assorted and it creates. Highly pathogenic strain

54
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What is a retrovirus?

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HIV: +ssRNA (linear)
Has an envelope, uses membrane fusion
Has reverse transcriptase to copy its RNA genome into DNA. The DNA than gets incorporated via integrase (enzyme) into host DNA. (Called a provirus)
After a period of dormancy the cell transcribes DNA to RNA.
Cell translates RNA into protein. Maturation occurs as the capsid is reassembled. The virus is then released by budding (exocytosis)

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What is a prion

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Proteincous infections particle

56
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Where to prions typically cause dmg?

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typically in the brain of mammals.

57
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How do prions propagate?

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By converting normal proteins into the prion version

58
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What are some examples of prion disease?

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Scrapie in sheep, mad cow (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

59
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Why are viruses not considered to be alive?

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Because they are not capable of reproducing their own DNA. They require the host’s ribosome to duplicate