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42 Cards in this Set
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How are viruses detected and enumerated?
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Electron microscopy
Viral Antigen detection (ELISA or Western) Serology (detect immune response) Molecular methods |
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The combined effects of virus replication and inhibition of host cell macromolecular synthesis leading to change or death
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Cytopathic effect
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Possible effects of viral replication on cells
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-Death
-Growth transformation |
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Visible plaques that spread radially from virus particles
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plaque forming units
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This assay is cell culture based, expressed as plaque forming units
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plaque assay
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Limiting dilution assay tests viral effects on what two things?
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Cell culture
Infection of test animals |
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Viral mRNA makes viral proteins, which mainly create what two things for viral replication?
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Structural proteins and enzymes
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What do all viruses need to make from viral nucleic acids?
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Viral mRNA
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Enzymes from viruses mainly serve what purpose?
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Replication of viral nucleic acid further for viral assembly
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Which is measurable first during replication, intracellular or extracellular viruses?
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Intracellular
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5 steps of viral growth cycle
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Absorption and penetration (drop in titer)
Eclipse (no detection of infectious virus) Maturation (progeny forming) Latent (no extracellular virus detectable) Release (budding, exocytosis, or passive) |
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What is lost during entry and uncoating?
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Physical trace of virion
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6 bases of Viral genetic info
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DS DNA, SS DNA, DS RNA (fragmented)
SS RNA (+), SS RNA (-), SS Retro RNA (+) |
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Where do nuclear replicating viruses insert DNA?
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Nucleus to parasitize host RNA Pol II
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Ex of nuclear replication viruses?
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Herpes, adeno, polyoma, papilloma, hepadna, parvo
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What do cytoplasmic replication viruses use for DNA replication?
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DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (brings with it)
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What are examples of positive sense RNA viruses?
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Coronavirus
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What is the message sent in positive sense RNA viruses?
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Genome (use ribosome scanning to initiate translation)
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Negative sense RNA viruses have RNA. What must happen before it can be extracted?
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Must make a biochem complementary copy that represents viral mRNA
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Negative sense RNA viruses use what to get started?
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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (must keep with template)
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What is unique about transcription of hepatitis delta virus?
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Transcribed by host RNA pol II in nucleus
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3 common pieces of retroviruses
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RNA dependent DNA polymerase, RNaseH, DNA dependent DNA polymerase (collectively called reverse transcriptase)
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Which virus type is diploid?
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Retroviruses
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DNA viruses encode how many replication proteins?
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At least one
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What do some DNA viruses encode to help the replication process?
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DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
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DNA viruses replicate where?
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nucleus
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Positive sense RNA viruses replicate where?
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cytoplasm
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In positive sense RNA viruses, viral protein must be cleaved. What are the two results?
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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and structural proteins
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What does the negative sense RNA virus play in positive sense replication?
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Placeholder role to make lots of positive sense.
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Which negative sense viruses replicate in the cytoplasm?
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Rhabdo, paramyxo, filo viruses
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Which negative sense RNA viruses replicate in nucleus?
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orthomyxoviruses and hepatitis delta
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What are RdRPs missing that DdDps have?
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Proofreading capabilites, which makes them more hybrid.
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Lentiviruses are what type of virus?
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Retrovirus
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When does reverse transcriptase occur in retroviruses?
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Beginning when it comes into cell
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What causes the infectivity in retroviruses?
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Change in shape
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How does hepatitis B virus replicate?
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Reverse transcriptase
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structure of hepadnavirus (hepB)
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partially double stranded genomic DNA (completes change in host cell)
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When does Hepadnavirus use Reverse transcriptase?
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at end of replication cycle
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Step where structural proteins accumulate in same cellular compartment where replication of progeny genomes
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progeny nucleocapsid formation
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What step for naked DNA/RNA viruses makes them infectious?
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When they are encapsidated
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Step that enveloped viruses must complete
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Maturation
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What is one of the differences related to the release of viruses?
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egress, which can be apical or baso-lateral. Affects localized or disseminated infections.
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