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15 Cards in this Set
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What are the host ranges of a virus?
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-animals
-plants -bacteria(phages) |
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Give 4 descriptive things of a viruse
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-non cellular
-non living -means poison/venom -really, really small |
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Name the structures of a virus
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-nucleic acid core
-Protein coat -Envelope -morphology |
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What is the nucleic acid core have in a virus?
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Either DNA or RNA
not both**** |
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How many nucleotides are in a virus?
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250,000 base pairs
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Can a nucleic acid be single of double stranded?
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yes
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What kind of structure can the strand of nucleic acid be?
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linear, circular, or separate pieces
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What is the protein coat called?
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Capsid
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What is the Capsid composed of
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protein subunits called capsomeres
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What is sometime found outside the capside?
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The envelope
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What is the the Envelope composed of?
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Phospholipid bilayer
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What is a virus called without an envelope?
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naked virus
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What is embedded in envelope of virus?
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glycoprotein spikes
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Name some shapes of a virus
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-helical
-polyhedral many sides -candy cane -tubes -round -phleomorphic |
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what is the name of 20 triangular side shape
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icosehedron
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