Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
6 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is the eclipse period?
|
The time between initial infection and intracellular assembly of virions
|
|
|
what is the latent period?
|
The time between initial infection and the first release of new virions from the infected cell.
|
|
|
What is meant by burst size?
|
The number of virions released when a single infected host cell lyses.
|
|
|
What is multiplicity of infection?
|
The number of infectious virions per cell at the outset of the infection process.
|
|
|
For DNA viruses, when does the early synthesis phase begin? The late synthesis phase?
|
*Early: prior to viral DNA synthesis
*Late: concomittant with the start of viral DNA synthesis |
|
|
Contrast the proteins made in the early phase vs. those in the late phase.
|
*early phase: viral enzymes, regulatory proteins for viral DNA synthesis
*late phase: virion and structural proteins |
