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Viruses Flashcards

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describe the DEFINITION OF LIFE and how VIRUSES play into said definition?

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  • can be INERT OUTSIDE A HOST–have VIRAL NUCLEIC ACIDS that ARE ACTIVE
  • does not respire
  • does not respond to stimuli
  • does not grow

BUT THEY CAN REPRODUCE and ADAPT TO NEW HOSTS
- can begin to DISPLAY THE MOST ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES OF A LIVING THING through replication
- can INFECT A HOST

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definition of VIRUSES

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  • ACELLULAR ORGANISMS whose GENOMES consist of NUCLEIC ACIDS
  • can be seen in DNA or RNA
  • use and replicate INSIDE HOST CELLS by using HOST METABOLIC MACHINERY
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what do VIRUSES NOT DO? (7)

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  • they CANNOT CARRY OUT METABOLIC ACTIVITY
  • they CANNOT REPRODUCE INDEPENDENTLY
  • they DO NOT HAVE MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
  • NO CELLULAR MEMBRANE
  • they DO NOT GROW IN SIZE OR RESPOND to their DIRECT ENVIRONMENT
  • they DO NOT FOLLOW THE CENTRAL DOGMA
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the more PROPER DEFINITION OF A VIRUS

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  • an INFECTIVE AGENT CONSISTING OF NUCLEIC ACIDS that is surrounded by a PROTEIN COAT and is only CAPABLE OF REPLICATION within the LIVING CELLS of BACTERIA, ANIMALS, or PLANTS
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describe the TYPICAL VIRUS and its INTRACELLULAR/EXTRACELLULAR STATES

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  • they are SUB MICROSCOPIC–can only use ELECTRON MICROSCOPES to see them
  • ACELLULAR (NO ORGANELLES)
    [also have NUCLEIC ACIDS and CAPSID ENCLOSURES (protein coats)]
  • can be INFECTIOUS

INTRACELLULAR STATES:

  • known as a VIRUS

EXTRACELLULAR STATES:

  • known as a VIRION
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describe the CHARACTERISTICS OF EXTRACELLULAR (VIRION) and INTRACELLULAR (VIRUS)

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VIRION

  • has a PROTEIN COAT (CAPSID)
  • has RECOGNITION for HOST
  • can have a PHOSPHOLIPID COVER (ENVELOPE)

VIRUS

  • NO CAPSID PRESENT
  • has REPLICATION STAGE
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describe a VIRUS GENOME SIZE

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  • E. Coli GENOME around 4.5 - 5.5 million BP
  • VIRUSES around 30,000 - 300,000 BP
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describe the VIRAL GENOME

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  • can be DNA or RNA (BUT NEVER BOTH)
  • can be SINGLE STRANDED (ss) or DOUBLE STRANDED (ds)
  • can be MULTIPLE vs. SINGLE

ARRANGEMENT:
- can be either LINEAR OR CIRCULAR

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describe DNA VIRUSES

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  • they are NON-SEGMENTED (all in ONE PIECE)
  • can be LINEAR or CIRCULAR
  • can be ds or ss
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describe RNA VIRUSES

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  • can be NON SEGMENTED or SEGMENTED
  • can be LINEAR or CIRCULAR
  • can be ds or ss
  • if SS; can be either - or + sense
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describe RNA VIRUSES – (-) or (+) SENSE

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SENSE (+)

  • similar to mRNA–directs the PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN

SENSE (-)

  • MUST BE CONVERTED INTO POSITIVE STRAND to PRODUCE PROTEINS
  • use of a COMPLEMENTARY TO TEMPLATE STRAND
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describe VIRAL SIZE

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  • can be only up to 10 nm to 400 nm
    (nm - 10^-9 meter)
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describe CAPSID and their function

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  • has REPETITIVE UNITS of ONE OR FEW PROTEINS that are known as CAPSOMERES

FUNCTIONS:

  • PROTECTION
  • ATTACHMENT and PENETRATION of HOST CELL
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describe VIRAL MORPHOLOGY

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HELICAL/TUBE:

  • has LONG RODS
  • RIGID and FLEXIBLE

POLYHEDRAL:

  • most are ICOSAHEDRONS–POLYHEDROM with 20 triangular faces and 12 corners

COMPLEX:

  • can be complicated
  • has CAPSIDS with structures attached
  • ex. BACTERIOPHAGE
  • can also be ENVELOPED–surrounded by a membrane
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describe a VIRUS ENVELOPE

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  • typically SPHERICAL
  • can have ENVELOPED HELICAL VIRUSES
  • can have ENVELOPED POLYHEDRAL
  • has a SIMILAR COMP to a CELLULAR MEMBRANE
  • often has VIRAL GLYCOPROTEINS to help AVOID the IMMUNE SYSTEM and secure host binding
  • is the VIRAL PROTECTION MECHANISM
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what can VIRUSES INFECT?

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  • ALL CELLULAR ORGANISMS can be INFECTED–ALL THREE DOMAINS
  • ANIMALS, PLANTS, FUNGI, and BACTERIA
  • can be EITHER be SPECIES SPECIFIC/NARROW HOST RANGE (ex. smallpox) or have a BROAD RANGE (ex. rabies)
  • work by RECOGNITION OF SPECIFIC RECEPTOR SITE
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how are VIRUSES CLASSIFIED/

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  • based on the SYMPTOMS OF DISEASES caused by the VIRUS
  • use of INTERNAL COMMITTEE on TAXONOMY OF VIRUSES (ICTV)
  • based on genomics and structure
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definition of VIRAL SPECIES

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  • a GROUP OF VIRUSES that SHARE THE SAME GENETIC INFORMATION and HOST RANGE
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describe the BASIC STAGES of VIRAL REPLICATION

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  1. ATTACHMENT
    locate and stick
  2. ENTRY
    getting in
  3. SYNTHESIS
    making pieces
  4. ASSEMBLY
    putting it together
  5. LYSIS
    getting out
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what are the FIVE STEPS of the LYTIC CYCLE

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  1. ATTACHMENT
  2. ENTRY
  3. SYNTHESIS
  4. ASSEMBLY
  5. LYSIS
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describe ATTACHMENT (1) of the LYTIC CYCLE

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  • begins with a CHANCE ENCOUNTER between BACTERIUM and PHAGE
  • certain attraction between the phage’s TAIL FIBERS and PROTEINS ON THE BACTERIUM
  • can either attach to the CELL WALL, FLAGELLUM, and PILUS (*if they land on the flagellum or pilus–will continue moving until reaching the cell wall)
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describe ENTRY (2) of the LYTIC CYCLE

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  • TAIL will then release the enzyme PHAGE LYSOZYME to BREAK DOWN CELL WALL
  • TAIL SHEATH is contracted and TAIL CORE is DRIVEN INTO CELL WALL AND MEMBRANE
  • VIRAL DNA and ENZYMES MOVE IN THROUGH TAIL CORE
  • CAPSID IS OUTSIDE OF CELL STILL
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describe SYNTHESIS and ASSEMBLY (3-4) of LYTIC CYCLE

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  • VIRAL DNA TAKES OVER–TURNS OFF SYNTHESIS OF BACTERIAL COMPONENTS to then make PHAGE COMPONENTS
  • reaches MATURATION:
    cell is now COMPLETELY FULL of VIRAL COMPONENTS–with capsids and nucleic acids to make VIRAL PARTICLES
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describe RELEASE (5) of the LYTIC CYCLE

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  • CELL NOW LYSES and NEW VIRONS ARE RELEASED
  • can also be EATEN
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definition of BURST TIME and BURST SIZE
BURST TIME: - the time from attachment to release - the amount of time of replication BURST SIZE - amount of quantity
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describe the BASIC STEPS OF LYSOGENIC REPLICATION
1. ATTACHMENT 2. ENTRY
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describe LYSOGENY and LYSOGENIC CYCLE IN GENERAL
- really cool because there is only TWO STEPS INVOLVED--ATTACHMENT AND ENTRY - has POST ENTRY--NO SYNTHESIS STEP - the PHAGE DNA begins to INTEGRATE INTO BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME--known as PROPHAGE - turns DORMANT AND INACTIVE
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definition of INDUCTION
occasional environmental factors that begin to TRIGGER THE EXCISION of DNA and START A LYTIC CYCLE
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what are the THREE IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES of LYSOGENY?
1. HOST IS IMMUNE TO REINFECTION BY SAME VIRUS 2. PHAGE CONVERSION--host cell can have new properties such as picking up TOXIN GENES on PROPHAGE 3. TRANSDUCTION--the TRANSFER OF BACTERIAL GENES from ONE BACTERIA TO ANOTHER
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briefly describe LYSOGENIC CYCLE
1. Phage attachment and injection of DNA 2. Phage DNA turns CIRCULAR 3. begins to INTEGRATE INTO BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME--prophage (by RECOMBINATION) 4. continuation of NORMAL BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION with the PHAGE DNA ALREADY INTEGRATED 5. will be OCCASIONALLY ACTIVIATED by either INDUCTION or triggering event etc...
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describe TRANSDUCTION
process of where PHAGE GENOME IS EXCISED and carries a small part of normal HOST CELL GENE--often can give NEW GENES to unaffected BACTERIUMS - now has integration of new ability--ex. METABOLISM of certain COMPONENT
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describe ANIMAL VIRUSES--ATTACHMENT and ENTRY
CAPSID MORPHOLOGY - can have NO TAILS--either NAKED or ENVELOPED HOST TYPE: - attaches to specific RECEPTOR ON HOST CELL - RECEPTOR SITES--are PROTEINS and GLYCOPROTEINS in CELL MEMBRANE
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describe ENTRY METHODS of ANIMAL VIRUSES
DIRECT PENETRATION - seen in NAKED VIRUSES - INJECTION OF DNA INTO CELL - RESTRICTED ONLY TO VIRUSES that only their GENOME TO INFECT CELL MEMBRANE FUSION - seen in ENVELOPED VIRUSES - have MEMBRANE LAYER INTERACTION--fused into membrane itself ENDOCYTOSIS - seen in ENVELOPED VIRUSES - HOST-CELL EATING is triggered--have the CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE ENGULF the VIRUS
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describe SYNTEHSIS within the LYSOGENIC CYCLE
ENTRY - use of GENETIC MATERIAL and ACCESSORY PROTEINS GENETIC MATERIAL - CODES NEEDED PROTEINS - serves as a TEMPLATE PROTEINS - can ADAPT and REPLICATE the GENETIC MATERIAL
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what are the TYPES OF GENETIC MATERIAL USED within ANIMAL VIRUSES
- GENETIC MATERIAL can be COPIED AND ADAPTED GENETIC MATERIAL: - ds DNA - ss DNA - ssRNA (+) or - antisense - ds RNA
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briefly describe the CENTRAL DOGMA
DNA - carrier of GENETIC INFO - replicated to pass on INFO - transcribed into mRNA mRNA - the MESSSENGER of INFO - translated into PROTEIN PROTEINS - structure, carriers and enzymes that MAINTAIN LIFE
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describe REPLICATION of a DNA CONTAINING ANIMAL VIRUS
- begins with ATTACHMENT OF THE VIRION--and when entering the DNA IS UNCOATED - VIRAL DNA then is TRANSCRIBED and encoding to make EARLY VIRAL PROTEINS through mRNA - code is then TRNASLATED and capsid proteins are synthesized until the VIRIONS BEGIN TO MATURE and LEAVE THE CELL
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describe VIRAL GENOME REPLICATION: (+) ssRNA VIRUS and (-) ssRNA VIRUS
(+) RNA ha specific gene for RdRP (RNA DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE) - can COPY RNA into a COMPLEMENTARY NEGATIVE SENSE RNA STRAND or vice versa - RIBOSOME within cell begins to TRANSLATE RNA STRANDS into PROTEINS and begins to ASSEMBLE
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why is RdRp so important?
**RdRp really important because PROKARYOTES and EUKARYOTES CANNOT COPY from RNA to RNA
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describe VIRAL GENOME REPLICATION: ds RNA VIRUS
we now have a DOUBLE STRANDED RNA VIRUS - will now begin to UNWIND into -ssRNA and +ssRNA STRAND - -ssRNA STRAND undergoes TRANSCRIPTION by RdRp to make proper COMPLEMETANRY RNA STRANDS - +ssRNA just acts as mRNA - together converge to TRANSLATE into VIRAL PROTEINS and then ASSEMBLE
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describe RETROVIRUSES
- can carry REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE--specific ENZYME that uses VIRAL RNA to make a COMPLEMENTARY DOUBLE STRANDED DNA - VIRAL DNA can now ENTER HOST CHROMOSOME as a PROVIRUS--protected from the HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM--so in turn of that--it can never come out
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describe ASSEMBLY and RELEASE of ANIMAL VIRUSES
- have similar assembly methods--either NUCLEAR or CYTOSOLIC RELEASE: - either by BUDDING (with or without an envelope) - or LYSIS/LYTIC CYCLE
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definition of LATENCY and consequences of PROVIRUSES
LATENCY: - the LYSOGENY of a PHAGE PROVIRUSES: - do NOT COME OUT - can INHABIT HOST OF YEARS with NO SYMPTOMS - any changes in immune system can cause activation and acute infections--ex. shingles
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what is CANCER caused by?
- abnormal CELL DIVISION - often due to VIRAL LYSOGENY/LATENCY
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definition of ONCOGENES
genes whose disruption causes cancer - CHEMICALS - RADIATION - VIRUSES
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definition of ONCOGENIC VIRUSES
viruses that can INDUCE TUMORS - can have IRREGULAR SHAPE, ANTIGENS, and CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES
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what are some ONCOGENIC VIRUSES?
Cervical cancer – HPV Head and neck cancer -- HPV Liver cancer -- Hepatitis B T cell Leukemia – HTLV Lymphoma - EBV, HIV
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how do we GROW VIRUSES?
- MATURE ORGANISMS like mice or rats - EGGS embryonated eggs--sterile, self-sustained - TISSUE CULTURE primary and a continuous cell line
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how do we grow BACTERIOPHAGES?
use of AGAR MIXTURE and PHAGE DILUTION MIXTURE - poured ON TOP OF NUTRIENT AGAR PLATE - viruses are now SANDWICHED BETWEEN TOP AGAR and NUTRIENT AGAR - is then INCUBATED and creation of PHAGE PLAQUES
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describe VIROIDS
- NON CAPSID - CIRCULAR RNA - EXTREMELY SMALL - INFECTIOUS PARTICLES - FOUND IN PLANTS
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describe PRIONS
- type of INFECTIOUS PROTEIN - seen where a normal cellular protein becomes INFECTIOUS - type of GENETIC PREDISPOSITION
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what disorders can PRIONS cause?
- BSE (MAD COW DISEASE) - SCRAPIE
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