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Virus structures
e.g. genome, envelope, capsid
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 3
05/15/2012

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Term
Calicivirus structure
Definition
+ve sense RNA
-Small
-capsid = 90 dimers of single protein
-icosahedral symmetry
-non-enveloped
Term
Coronaviridae structure
Definition
+ve sense RNA
-helically symmetrical capsid
-lipid envelope w. large peplomers
Term
Arteroviridae structure
Definition
+ve sense RNA
-icosahedral capsid
-envelope w. small peplomers
Term
Reoviridae structure
Definition
ds RNA
-"russian doll structure" - core particle w. genome and RNA polymerase, inner capsid, outer capsid
-non-enveloped
Term
Flaviviridae (flavivirus and pestivirus) structure
Definition
+ve RNA
-small
-spherical capsid
-icosahedral symmetry
-tight lipid envelope w. peplomers
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