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Fall 2007

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Viruses

Chapter 13, p. 387-415.  Viruses


Objectives / Study Questions:

1. Differentiate a virus from a bacterium.

2. Describe the chemical and physical structure of both an enveloped and a nonenveloped virus.

3. Define viral species.

4. Give an example of a family, genus, and common name for a virus.

5. Describe how bacteriophages are cultured.

6. Describe how animal viruses are cultured.

7. List three techniques used to identify viruses.

8. Describe the lytic cycle of T-even bacteriophages.

9. Describe the lysogenic cycle of bacteriophage lambda.

10.  Compare and contrast the multiplication cycle of DNA- and RNA-containing animal viruses.

11.  Define oncogene and transformed cell.

12.  Discuss the relationship between DNA- and RNA-containing viruses and cancer.

13.  Provide an example of a latent viral infection.

14.  Differentiate persistent viral infections from latent viral infections.

15. Discuss how a protein can be infectious.

 

Terms and Definitions, part 1:

 

   1.      ____envelope

  1. ____spikes
  2. ____morphology
  3. ____capsid
  4. ____capsomere
  5. ____polyhedral
  6. ____complex virus
  7. ____viral species
  8. ____bacteriophage
  9. ____plaque
  10. ____cytopathic effect (CPE)
  11. ____phage
  12. ____virus
  13. ____nonenveloped
  14. ____plaque forming units (PFU’s)
  15. ____cultivate

Definitions:

A.     a visible effect on a host cell, caused by a virus, that may result in host cell damage or death

B.     visible viral plaques counted

C.    an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing bacterial cell walls

D.    a clearing in a bacterium lawn resulting from lysis by phages

E.     a group of viruses sharing the same genetic information and ecological niche

F.     a submicroscopic, parasitic, filterable agent consisting of a nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat

G.    to foster the growth of an organism

H.     a carbohydrate-protein complex that projects from the surface of certain viruses

I.         an outer covering surrounding the capsid of some viruses

J.      a cancer of fleshy, nonepithelial tissue or connective tissue

K.     infectious RNA

L.      the protein coat of a virus that surrounds the nucleic acid

M.    a virus that infects bacteria

N.     a protein subunit of a viral capsid

O.    a virus with a complicated structure, such as a bacteriophage

P.     no outer covering surrounding the capsid of some viruses

Q.    many-sided, icosahedron

R.     the form and structure of an organism

 

Terms and Definitions, part 2:

 

   1.      ____Lytic cycle

  1. ____Lysogenic cycle
  2. ____Lysozyme
  3. ____Burst time
  4. ____Phage
  5. ____Prophage
  6. ____Pinocytosis
  7. ____Budding
  8. ____HIV
  9. ____Mordant
  10. ____oncogene
  11. ____prion

A.     The time required from bacteriophage attachment to release

B.     release of an enveloped virus through the plasma membrane of an animal cell

C.    the engulfing of virus by in-folding of the plasma membrane

D.    Stages in viral development that result in the incorporation of viral DNA into host DNA

E.     a group of viruses early in the maturation phases

F.     phage DNA inserted into the host cell’s DNA

G.    An enzyme capable of hydrolyzing bacterial cell walls

H.     the time it takes for carbohydrate-protein complexes to destroy the cell

I.         another name for bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacterial cells

J.      Human Immunodeficiency Virus

K.     infectious RNA

L.      A mechanism of phage multiplication that results in host cell lysis

M.    a chemical that causes release of dye

N.     a substance that enhances or strengthens the union between a dye and its substrate

O.  infectious agent consisting of a self-replicating protein, no nucleic acid

P.  a gene that can bring about malignant transformation

 

 Updated Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 1:04:12 PM by Kay Gilles - gilleskay@fhda.edu
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