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Virus
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
05/10/2011

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Term
Virus
Definition
Intracellular parasite; requires living organism to reproduce
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Virion
Definition
entire virus particle with protein shell and nucleic acid
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Genome
Definition
Nucleic acid DNA and RNA
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Capsid
Definition
Protein coat composed of a capsomere
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Envelope
Definition
Phospholipid bi-layer w/embedded proteins
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Spikes
Definition
embedded protein that plays a role in a attachment or penetration
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Host Range
Definition
spectrum of hosts a virus can infect
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Viral specificity
Definition
Kinds of cells the virus can infect
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Adsorption
Definition
attachment of virus to host cell
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penetration
Definition
entry into host cell
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Synthesis
Definition
synthesizing viral genome
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Sense Virus
Definition

Polio

 

Term
anti-sense virus
Definition
measles
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retrovirus
Definition
reverse transcription
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reverse transcriptase
Definition
RNA- DNA- transcription to make RNA
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Maturation
Definition
Assembly of virions
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Release
Definition
Exit of virions from host a) lysis b) budding
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Budding
Definition
Enveloped virus
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Lysis
Definition
Host cell burst
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Latency
Definition
lysogenci cycle when virus is not actively replicated  ex: herpes and chicken pox
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Pro-virus
Definition
viral DNA incorporated into a host cell chromosome
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