What does the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope contain?
Viral glycoproteins and lipids derived from the host cell.
What happens to the envelope of enveloped viruses during penetration?
The envelope fuses with the cell membrane, releasing the virus into the cytoplasm.
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Viral Envelope and Its Properties

What does the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope contain?

Viral glycoproteins and lipids derived from the host cell.

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Viral Replication

What happens to the envelope of enveloped viruses during penetration?

The envelope fuses with the cell membrane, releasing the virus into the cytoplasm.

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Viral Growth Curve

What happens to the virus particles during the decline phase of the viral growth curve?

The virus disappears and is no longer present, indicated by a solid line dropping to the x-axis.

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Viral Replication Events

What follows attachment in the viral growth cycle?

Penetration.

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

What strategy do some viruses use to evade host defenses?

They produce antigenic variants of their surface proteins.

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

What do regulatory proteins control?

Either viral or cellular processes.

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Viral Envelope and Its Properties

How do naked viruses differ in terms of sensitivity?

They are resistant to heat and dryness.

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Receptors Used by Viruses

What receptors does Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) utilize?

CD4, CXCR4, CCR5.

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Viral Replication

What process do viruses use to penetrate into a cell?

Viropexis (pinocytosis).

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

What types of factors do regulatory proteins include?

Transcription and translation factors.

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Viral Envelope and Its Properties

What is a key characteristic of enveloped viruses?

They are sensitive to heat and dryness.

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Viral Growth Curve

What is the eclipse period in the viral growth curve?

The time during which no virus is found inside the cell, ending with the appearance of the virus.

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Receptors Used by Viruses

Which receptor is associated with Epstein-Barr virus?

CD21.

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Virus Structure and Components

Both enveloped and naked viruses can have .............. type of capsid symmetry

<p>Icosahedral</p>

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Virus Structure and Components

What are the two types of structures that viruses use to attach to cells?

Capsid (naked viruses) and envelope proteins (enveloped viruses).

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Viral Structure and Components

What is the difference between virulent and less virulent viruses?

Virulent viruses are more capable of causing disease compared to less virulent ones.

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Viral Replication

What is the difference in penetration between enveloped and non-enveloped viruses?

Enveloped viruses fuse their envelope with the cell membrane, while non-enveloped viruses penetrate through other mechanisms.

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Virus Structure and Components

What are the repeating subunits that make up the capsid called?

Capsomers.

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Viral Replication Events

What is the third step in the viral growth cycle?

Uncoating.

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Virus Structure and Components

What is the term for capsid and the enclosed nucleic acid?

Nucleocapsid.

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Viral Structure and Components

What does virulence refer to in viruses?

The degree of pathogenicity or ability to cause disease.

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Virus Size and Shape

What shapes do most viruses appear under an electron microscope?

Spheres or rods.

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Virus Structure and Components

Viruses in which matrix protein are absent.

<p>Naked or non-enveloped viruses</p>

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Viral Nucleic Acids

Which RNA viruses have segmented genomes?

Influenza virus and rotavirus.

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Viral Replication Events

What occurs after uncoating in the viral growth cycle?

Gene expression & Genome replication.

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Viral Transmission

What type of transmission is associated with enveloped viruses?

Direct transmission via blood and body fluids.

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Viral Transmission

What type of transmission is associated with naked viruses?

Indirect transmission, e.g., fecal-oral route.

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

Mitochondria are ........ in viruses and prokaryotic cells but ......... in eukaryotic cells

<ol class="tight" data-tight="true"><li><p>absent </p></li><li><p>present</p></li></ol><p></p>

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Virus Structure and Components

What structure contains regulatory proteins in some viruses?

Tegument, located between the nucleocapsid and envelope.

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Virus Structure and Components

Which viruses are mentioned as containing regulatory proteins?

Herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus.

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Viral Replication Events

What activates the uncoating process?

Cellular enzymes and contributions from cell membranes (except for smallpox virus).

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Viral Nucleic Acids

Viral DNA & RNA genomes can be either ......... stranded or ............ stranded

<ol class="tight" data-tight="true"><li><p>Single</p></li><li><p>double</p></li></ol><p></p>

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

What is the effect of superantigens produced by certain viruses?

They cause non-specific polyclonal activation of T cells.

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Viral Growth Curve

What does the latent period represent in viral infection?

The time from the onset of infection to the appearance of the virus extracellularly.

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Virus Structure and Components

What are the two main components of a virus's structure?

Capsid and nucleic acid.

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Virus Size and Shape

What is the size range of viruses?

Approximately 20 nm to 300 nm.

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Viral Envelope and Its Properties

How is the viral envelope acquired?

As the virus exits from the cell in a process called budding.

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Viral Replication Events

What pH condition within the vesicle favors uncoating?

A low pH.

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

Type of viral proteins that mediate attachment to host cell receptors.

<p>Surface proteins</p>

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Viral Growth Curve

What occurs to viral nucleic acid during the decline phase?

Viral nucleic acid continues to function and begins to accumulate within the cell, represented by a dotted line.

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Viral Envelope and Its Properties

What is the effect of organic solvents like alcohol on enveloped viruses?

They cause rapid inactivation due to the presence of a lipid bilayer.

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

Type of viral protein that mediates interaction between viral nucleocapsid proteins and envelope proteins?

<p>Matrix protein</p>

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

Do viruses multiply by binary fission or mitosis?

No.

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Viral Replication Events

What process involves the release of nucleic acid from the capsid?

Uncoating.

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Virus Structure and Components

All enveloped viruses have ............... capsid symmetry

<p>Helical</p>

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Viral Replication Events

What is the first step in the viral growth cycle?

Attachment.

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

Type of viral proteins that are targets of antibodies produced by the host's immune cells.

<p>Surface proteins</p>

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Receptors Used by Viruses

What do viruses require to infect a cell?

Cells possessing surface receptors specific to particular virus species.

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Viral Replication Events

What are the last two steps in the viral growth cycle?

Assembly and Release.

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Virus Structure and Components

All DNA viruses are icosahedral except for?

<p>poxvirus (has complex capsid)</p>

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

What type of proteins do Epstein-Barr virus and Cytomegalovirus produce?

Superantigens.

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Viral Nucleic Acids

All viruses are haploid except ............ which are diploid

<p>retroviruses</p>

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Receptors Used by Viruses

Which receptor does Rhinovirus bind to?

ICAM-1.

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Receptors Used by Viruses

What receptor does Cytomegalovirus use?

Integrins.

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Virus Structure and Components

What are the two forms of symmetry in viral nucleocapsids?

Icosahedral and helical.

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Receptors Used by Viruses

What receptor is used by the Rabies virus?

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

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Viral Nucleic Acids

What is the genome copy number in most viruses?

One copy, making them haploid.

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Receptors Used by Viruses

Which receptor does Parvovirus B19 target?

P antigen on erythrocytes.

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Viral Replication Events

What is the first step in viral replication?

Attachment to the host cell.

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

Viruses are not cells since they aren't capable of independent replication nor can they synthesize their own energy and proteins, therefore they are called?

<p>Obligate intracellular parasites that reproduce only within the host cell</p>

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Virus Size and Shape

Viruses are very small therefore they can't be seen by?

<p>light microscope.</p>

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

What type of nucleic acid do viruses contain?

<p>DNA or RNA, but not both, however cells contain both</p>

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

viruses typically have .......... proteins compared to cells that have ........

<p></p><ol class="tight" data-tight="true"><li><p>few</p></li><li><p>many</p></li></ol><p></p>

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

Lipoprotein membrane is present only in ........ viruses whereas cell membrane is present in ......... cells

<ol class="tight" data-tight="true"><li><p>Enveloped</p></li><li><p>all</p></li></ol><p></p>

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

Ribosomes are ......... in viruses but ......... in cells

<ol class="tight" data-tight="true"><li><p>Absent</p></li><li><p>Present</p></li></ol><p></p>

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Comparison of Viruses and Cells

Enzymes are ........ in number in cells but ......... in viruses

<ol class="tight" data-tight="true"><li><p>Many</p></li><li><p>None or few</p></li></ol><p></p>

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Virus Structure and Components

Protein coat that covers and protects viral genome from nucleases is called?

<p>Capsid </p>

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Virus Structure and Components

What gives the virus its symmetric appearance?

<p>Capsomeres that make up the capsid</p>

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Virus Structure and Components

What is the shape of helical viruses?

<p>Rod-shaped due to capsomers arranged in a hollow coil.</p>

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Type of capsid symmetry in which capsomeres are arranged in 20 triangles that form a symmetric figure with an outline of sphere?

<p>Icosahedral</p>

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Name the 5 types of Viral rpteins

<ol class="tight" data-tight="true"><li><p>Surface proteins</p></li><li><p>Internal proteins</p></li><li><p>Matrix protein</p></li><li><p>Suprantigens proteins</p></li><li><p>Regulatory proteins</p></li></ol><p></p>

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Viral Proteins and Their Functions

Name the type of viral proteins DNA or RNA polymerases are.

<p>Internal proteins</p>

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