Examples of how viruses drive evolution of hosts
Beneficial relationships
- selective advantage - the moths
- HERVS
- molecular negotiations
how has the study of virus replication enhanced our understanding of molecular cell biology
Fundamental differences between viruses and other infectious agents
Virus:
- submicroscopic
- assembly via pre-formed components
- dont grow/divide
- dont encode for metabolis, ribosomes, etc
- rewuire 5 part strategy to infect
principles behind plaque assay
plaque = succesful infection
only shows infectious viruses #
see progression over time
structural features of viral particles
Types of capsids
icosahedral
helical
Traits of a capsomere
Functions of virus envelope
hold spike proteins
- host-range determination
- entry
- assembly // egress
- evasion from immune system
advantages of envelope
have spike proteins
does not lyse cell
types of viral genomes
mRNA
DNA
RNA
expression of + mRNA genome
immediately translatable
expression of dsDNA
—> mRNA
expression of + ssDNA
—> dsDNA —> mRNA
expression of dsRNA
—> mRNA
expression of + RNA
—> -RNA —> mRNA
Expression of -RNA
—> mRNA
expression of +RNA via DNA intermediate
—> -DNA —> dsDNA —> mRNA
how is a single step growth experiment performed
what step of a plaque assay in energy dependent
penetration
key features of growth curve
eclipse period: absorption —> appearance of infection
latent period: absorption —> release of infection
Steps of infection
examples of penetration
steps of pH dependent penetration
dna vs rna gene expression
DNA
- in nucleus
- need RNA pol 2
RNA
- in cytoplasm
- needs enzymes made