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What do retroviruses do?
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They use reverse-transcriptase to take their RNA and code it to DNA and then incorporate the virus DNA into the DNA of the host cell.
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Define provirus
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When a virus incorporates its own DNA into the DNA of the host cell.
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What is the size range of viruses?
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20-450 nm
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What are the protein units that make up the capsid part of the virus?
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Receptors
Microbiology 111
flashcards
Decks in class (54)
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Ch. 1- Introduction to Microbiology38
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Ch. 3 Exam Study Guide55
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Chapter 3.4 Lecture14
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Ch. 3.5 Lecture5
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Ch. 3.6 Lecture2
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Ch. 4.123
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Ch. 4.222
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Ch. 3.310
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Ch. 2 Lecture Element31
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Ch. 2 Lecture Element35
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Ch. 4- Lecture1
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Ch. 4.3- Extracellular Structures14
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Ch. 4.4- Intracellular Structures19
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Ch. 5.1 Hereditary Basics24
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Ch. 5.2- DNA replication10
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Ch. 5.3- Protein Synthesis34
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Ch. 5.4- Regulating protein synthesis9
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Ch. 5.5- Three main categories of mutation16
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Ch. 5.5- Genetic variation without sexual reproduction9
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Ch. 6.1- General Virus Characteristics27
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Ch. 6 Lecture4
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Ch. 6.2- Classifying and naming viruses3
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Ch. 6.3- Introduction to viral replication pathways12
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Ch. 6.4- Clinical Aspects of Viruses and Prions18
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Ch. 7 Lecture Elements42
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Ch. 7.1 Microbial Growth Basics14
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Ch. 7.2- Prokaryotic Growth Requirements22
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Ch. 7.3- Growing, Isolating, and Counting Microbes2
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Micro Lab Practical 236
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Ch. 7.4- Control Strategies3
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Ch. 8.1- Defining Metabolism12
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8.2- Enzymes14
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Ch. 8.3 Obtaining and using energy3
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Ch. 8.4 The Catabolic Process of Cellular Respiration15
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8.5 Cellular respiration4
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Ch. 7.4 Germicides and their mode of action6
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Ch. 9.1 Causes of infectious diseases6
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Ch. 9.2- Infectious Disease transmission and stages13
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9.3- Epidemiology Essentials1
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9.5 Epidemiology in the Clinical Setting3
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Ch 10.1- Basics of Host-Microbe Interactions3
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10.2- Introduction to Virulence22
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10.3- The five steps to infection17
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Ch. 11 Overview of the Immune System and Responses3
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11.2- Introduction nto Microbial Threats6
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11.3- Introduction to Second Line Defense and the Lymphatic System6
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11.4- Cellular Second Line Defense19
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11.5- Molecular Second Line Defense19
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11.6- Inflammation and Fever14
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Ch. 12- Introduction to Third Line Defense24
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Ch. 12.2- Cellular Branch of Adaptive Immunity5
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12.3- Humoral Response of Adaptive Immunity7
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12.4 Deep Exploration of Humoral Memory1
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Ch. 14.1 & 2- A Brief History of Vaccines and Overview of Them13
