Details Title: 13.Medical Microbio - Herpes Description: In progress Total Flash Cards: 6 Created: 12/15/2008 09:00:37		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Biology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Herpes Definition Split into three subfamilies   Alpha - latency in neurons Beta - latency in glands kidneys Gamma - latency in lymphoid tissue   common characteristics include mode of replication, virion morphology, capacity to establish latent infections. Term Structure of a herpes virus Definition four parts in descending order: -the envelope -the tegument -the capsid -the core (w/ ds DNA) Term outer envelope of the Herpes virus Definition -derived from the inner nuclear membrane of the host cell -contains viral glycoproteins embedded w/i it -envelope lipoproteins are sensitive to detergent and lipid solvents Term Herpes virus capside Definition consists of 162 capsomers Term Transcription of Herpes virus Definition occurs in three phases:   immediate early proteins (alpha) - regulate viral replication   early proteins (beta) - synthesize and package DNA   late proteins (gamma) - virion proteins for capsid formation Term Herpes virus replication Definition see pages 10-16