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Microbiology
Part 2-Viruses
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/12/2007

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newer systems of naming(nomenclature) take into consideration what?
Definition
the actual nature of the virus particles themselves-structure, chemical composition, and similarities in genetic makeup
Term
how many orders of viruses are there?
Definition
3
Term
what are the three orders of viruses?
Definition
caudovirales, mononegavirales, and nidovirales
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overview the process of multiplication in an enveloped animal virus
Definition
1. absorption: the virus attaches to its host cell by specific binding of its spikes to cell receptors
2. penetration: the virus is engulfed into a vesicle and its envelope is
3. uncoated thereby freeing the viral RNA into the cell cytoplasm
4. synthesis: replication and protein production. under the control of viral genes, the cell synthesizes the basic components of new viruses: RNA molecules, capsomers, spikes
5. assembly
6. release-viruses bud off of the membrane, carrying away an envelope with the spikes
Term
multiplication: during the assembly process of a virus in the host cell, what is inserted into the cell membrane for the viral envelope?
also, what is the nucleocapsid formed by
Definition
viral spike proteins
rna and capsomers
Term
overview the process of virus multiplication:
Definition
absorption; engulf;uncoating; synthesis; assembly; release
Term
what is the range of time that mult. usually occurs in
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8-36
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what type of receptors does the virus usually attach to?
Definition
glycoproteins
Term
what does the rabies virus attach to on the cell membrane? what receptor on the nerve cells)
Definition
acetylcholine
Term
hiv or aids virus attaches to what on certain white blood cells
Definition
cd4 protein
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how do viruses bind to the cell membrane
name two ways: one for naked and one for enveloped
Definition
naked: use molecules on their capsids that adhere to cell membrane receptors
enveloped: glycoprotein spikes bind to the cell membrane receptors
Term
what is the host range?
Definition
the range of hosts it can infect in a natural setting-this limitation that each virus has
ex: hepatitis B infects only liver cells of humans
Term
what does the poliovirus attack?
Definition
intestinalo and nerve cells of primates
Term
what does the rabies virus infect?
Definition
various cell of all mammals
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tropisms: what are they
Definition
tissue specifities for certain cells in the body
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give an exampmple of tropisms-
Definition
how hep. b. targets the liver and mups virus targets salivary glands
Term
viruses penetrate by what process
Definition
endocytosis
Term
following pentration(endocytosis), where is the cell enclosed?
Definition
a vacuole or vescile
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when is the virus considered "uncoated"
Definition
when enzymes in the vacuole dissolve the envelope and capsid
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fusion of the cell membrane with hte viral envelope occurs in what type of virus
Definition
mumps and influenza
Term
where are dna viruses replicated?
Definition
in the host cell's nucleus
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where is the rna of the virus replicated
Definition
cytoplasm
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true or false: the proteins for the new virus are assembled on the host's proteins using its ribosomes
Definition
false: on its ribosomes using its amino acids
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how are nonenveloped and complex viruses released into the cytoplasm?
Definition
through a rupture in the cell or cell lyses
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how are enveloped viruses released from teh cell?
Definition
budding or exocytosis
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