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Unit 7 Acellular Microbes
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Virus
Non cellular, use cell to replicate
viroid
"sub viruses"
plant pathogens
consist only of RNA - single stranded covalent circles
stable
prion
infectious protein
no genetic material
bacteriophage
bacterial virus
capsid
protein coat which protects nucleic acid
nucleocapsid
capsid and nucleic acid
envelope
membrane surrounding some viruses
adsorption
phage or virus attaches to cell
penetration
Process of the virus or viral nucleic acid getting into the cell
non-enveloped virus
ligand is in the capsid of the virus
enveloped virus
ligand is in the envelope of the virus
latency
when virus infects cell and becomes dormant
What are examples of some latent viruses?
-chicken pox
-shingles
-herpes
-HIV & AIDS
-cold sores, genital sores
All viruses that can go latent are:
A) ineffective
B) DNA
C) budding
D) Retroviruses
B & D
Retrovirus
Have extra steps in b/t penetration and multiplication
What must a retrovirus do in between penetration and multiplation?
Copy viral RNA to DNA (reverse transcription)
Satellite virus
Viruses that have defective viral genomes
"parasitzes" another virus called the helper virus
segmented virus
multiple RNA segments that must all be packaged into a single virion to make an infectious virus
multipartate virus
A virus with several genome segments that are packaged w/ 2-3 segments per virion
+ RNA
equivalent to mRNA; immediately codes for protein upon entering the cells
most are infections w/out any other viral proteins
-RNA
equivalent to DNA
must first be copied into +RNA/mRNA to make a protein
must enter cell w/ an RNA dependant RNA polymerase to make the +RNA infectious
Five significant properties of a virus
-obligate intracellular parasite
-viral genome is either DNA or RNA
-in host cell, virus uses the biochemical machinery of the host cell to make viral components
-progeny virions are assembled from the viral components
-virus has an extracellular infectious phase
Satellite viruses are unable to replicate thier genomes
A) True
B) False
A) True
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Unit 7 Acellular Microbes
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Unit 7 Exam 2
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2010-10-25T22:57:32Z
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