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Stunts the growth of tobacco plants and gives their leaves a mosaic coloration.
In the late 1800's, researchers hypothosized that a particle smaller than bacterica caused the disease. In 1935, Wendell Stanley confirmed this hypothesis by crystallizing the infectious particle. |
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| Are viruses cells? Why or why not? |
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| NO! They do not respond to stimuli, do not respire, do not grow, do not move...they do reproduce and evolve though. |
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| Very small -200nm - the size of protein. |
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| Depending on its tpe of nucleic acid, a virus is either call a _____ virus or a _____ virus. |
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| Viral envelopes, which are derived from the host cell's membran, contain _____________________. |
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| a combination of viral and host cell molecules. |
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| Viruses reproduce only in ______ ________. |
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| the protein shell that encloses the viral genome. |
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| protein subunits that capsids are built from. |
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| Once a viral genome has entered a cell, the cell begins to do what? |
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| the cell begins to manufacture viral proteins. |
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| Also called phages, they are viruses that infect bacteria. |
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| What has the most complex capsids found among viruses? |
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| Phages have an enlongated capsid head that encloses their |
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-Attachment -Penetration (injection) -Biosynthesis (nucleic acid and proteins) -Assembly and Packaging -Release (lysis) |
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| The Lysogenic cycle replicates the phage genome without doing what? |
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| The Lysogenic cycle replicates the phage genome without destroying the host. |
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| What does it mean when it is said that Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites? |
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| They can only reproduce within a host cell. |
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In the Lysogenic cycle: The viral DNA molecule is incorporated into the host cell's chromosome how? |
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| by genetic recombination. |
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In the Lysogenic cycle: the integrated viral DNA is known as what? |
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| Each virus has a host range. What is that? |
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| a limited number of host cells that it can infect. |
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-Attachment -Penetration -integration -Normal Cell Reproduction |
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In the Lysogenic cycle: Everytime the host divides, it does what? |
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| it copies the phage DNA and passes the copies to the daughter cells. |
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| Phages that use both the lytic and the lysogenic cycles. |
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| A phage reproductive cycle that culminates in death of the host cell. |
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| Lysogenic Cycle definition |
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| Replication of the phage genome without destroying the host. |
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| inoculated a healthy, 8 year old boy with cowpox in an attempt to find a vaccine for smallpox. It was a success. |
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| Viruses basically take over the ________ of the cell they infect. |
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| slow acting, virtually indestructible proteins that cause brain diseases in mammals. |
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| Pathogen invades body and multiplies in cells and tissues |
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| any disease causing agent |
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| when body's defense cannot keep pathogen's activites from disrupting normal functions |
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| disease spreads fast through part of a population for a limited time. |
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empidemic in severel countries at the same time.
ex. h1n1 |
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| Why don't pathogens wipe out everything on earth? |
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Any species continually attacked by a phathogen has probably developed defenses.
if a pathogen kills too quickly, it might become extinct. |
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| The viral genome cane be either single or double stranded ______ or _______. |
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| RNA viruses require their own supply of certain enzymes because... |
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| host cells lack enzymes that can replicate viral genome. |
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| Viruses probably evolved from the ___________________. |
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| Viral envelopes, which are derived from the host cell’s ______, contain a combination of viral and host cell molecules. |
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| What is a viral envelope? |
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| a membrance that cloaks the capsid that in turn encloses the genome. |
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| During the viral reproductive stage, after the viral nucleic acid molecules and capsomeres are produced, they spontaneously do what? |
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| self-assemble into new viruses. |
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| On a phage AKA the bacteriophage, what encloses their DNA in it? |
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| Phages have an elongated capsid head that encloses their DNA in it. |
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| On a bacteriophage or phage, attached to their elongated icosahedral heads is a protein tail piece with fibers. What does the phage use that for? |
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| It uses it to attach to the bacterium it wants to infect. Once it attaches, it injects the Phage's DNA inside. |
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1. Phage attaches to bacterial cell. 2. phage injects DNA 3. Phage DNA directs hostcell to make more phage DNA and protein parts.New phages assemble. 4.Cell lyses and releases new phages.
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| When integrated into the bacterial chromosome by the Lysogenic Cycle, the viral DNA is known as a ____________. |
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| Every time the host divides in the Lysogenic Cycle, it copies the phage DNA and passes the copies to the _________ __________. |
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| A viral infection can produce symptoms by a number of different routes. In Viral Diseases in Animals, viruses may damage or kill cells by causing the release of hydrolytic enzymes from ___________. |
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| Some viruses cause infected cells to produce toxins that lead to ________ __________. |
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| In animal viruses, typically, entire capsid enters cell, not just _____ _________. |
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| So, basically the envelope is what? |
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| a harmless derivatives (typically) of pathogen that stimulate the immune system to mount defenses against the actual pathogen |
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| Vaccines can prevent certain _____ ________. |
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| Some symptoms of viral diseases in plants are what? |
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| spots on leaves and fruits, stunted growth, and damaged flowers or roots |
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| Viral diseases in plants are often carried by what? |
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| Smaller, less complex entities called _______ and _______ also cause disease in plants and animals |
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| When the prion gets into a cell containing the normal fold of protein, the prion somhow converts the normal protein molecules to ______________. |
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| misfolded prion versions. |
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