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OCPM Virology
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Biology
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05/10/2009

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T/F Viruses can make their own proteins
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0
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T/F Viruses replicate by "division"
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False, they are assembled
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T/F the DNA of a virus can be linear or circular
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1
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T/F Viral DNA is only double stranded
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False, it can be single stranded
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T/F Viral RNA is only positive sense
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False, it can be positive, negative, double-stranded, or ambisense
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What is the function of the virus capsid or envelope?
Definition
Package space, protection, delivery vehicle
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T/F removal of the outer surface of a virus will render it inactive
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1
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What part of the virus is made for the ability to withstand harsh environmental conditions
Definition
Capsid
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T/F the envelope is able to withstand harsh environmental conditions
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False, it can readily be disrupted
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T/F an enveloped virus may withstand the intestinal tract
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0
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The simplest viral structures are?
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Helical and Icosahedral
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T/F all of the negative strand RNA viruses are enveloped
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1
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The interstitial space between the nucleocapsid and the envelope is called the _____?
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Tegument
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What are the eight steps to viral replication?
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1. Recognition of target cell 2. Attachment 3. Penetration 4. Uncoating 5. Synthesis 6. Assembly 7. Budding 8. Release
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What are the four steps in early phase replication?
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Recognition, attachment, penetration, and uncoating
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What are the steps involved with the late phase?
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Synthesis, Assembly, Budding, and release
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The uncoating stage renders a virus non-infective and unidentifiable, is called what phase?
Definition
Eclipse phase
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The period in which extracellular infectious virus is not detected and includes the eclipse period is termed?
Definition
Latent period
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The yield of infectious viruses per cell is also called?
Definition
Burst size
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The receptors on a cell for a virus may be composed of _____ and_____?
Definition
Proteins and carbohydrates on glycoproteins
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What is the receptor and target cell of the Epstein Barr virus?
Definition
C3d receptor on the B cell
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What is the receptor and target cell of HIV?
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CD4 receptor on a Helper T cell
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How do most non-enveloped viruses enter the cell?
Definition
Endocytosis or Viropexis
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What is viropexis?
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When the capsid proteins are exposed (during attachment) they help the viral genome slip through the membrane
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How do most enveloped viruses enter the cell?
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They fuse membranes and deliver the genome directly
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What are the most important steps in viral replication?
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Transcription, Translation, and Replication
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What enzyme do DNA viruses use to make mRNA?
Definition
DNA dependent RNA polymerase II
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Where do most RNA viruses produce mRNA?
Definition
In the cytoplasm
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T/F the host cell provides the enzymes for RNA viruses to replicate
Definition
False, the host cell has no means for replicating RNA
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What two types of viruses are classified as infectious nucleic acids?
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Naked genome DNA viruses and Positive sense RNA viruses. Due to the ability to initiate replication upon injection into the cell
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The site of replication initiation of a DNA virus is called?
Definition
the ori site
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T/F the smaller the DNA virus the more dependent it is on the host cell
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1
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The RNA virus genome must encode for what enzymes?
Definition
RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases
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Transcription and replication of the negative strand RNA viruses occurs where?
Definition
Cytoplasm
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T/F RNA viruses are prone to mutation
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1
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What RNA-dependent DNA polymerase can be found in retroviruses?
Definition
reverse transcriptase
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For a virus to acquire an envelope it must use a process known as_____?
Definition
Budding
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What determines the site of budding?
Definition
the type of genome and the protein sequence
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Naked viruses are generally released from the host cell by what process?
Definition
Cell lysis
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Enveloped viruses are generally released from the host cell by what process?
Definition
Budding
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T/F viruses may also spread their infection to daughter cells rather than other host cells
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1
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What is the most common route for viral infection?
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Inhalation
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Definition: Viremia
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the transport of the virus in the blood
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Definition: Abortive infection
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Failed infection
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Definition: Lytic infection
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Cell death infection
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Definition: Persistant infection
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Infection without cell death
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Definition: Nonpermissive cell
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Does not allow the replication of certain types of viruses
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Definition: Permissive cell
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Cell provides all the machinery to support complete replication of virus
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Definition: Semipermissive cell
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Cell may support some but not all steps to replication
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A DNA virus that stimulates uncontrollable cell growth is called a ______ virus?
Definition
Oncogenic
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