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Biology II
VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/09/2012

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Term

VIRUSES


capsid

Definition
Small, infectious particles consisting of nucleic acid genome and protein coat(___).
Term

NOT COMPOSED OF CELLS

CANNOT CARRY OUT METABOLISM

CANNOT USE ENERGY

CANNOT MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS

CANNOT REPRODUCE

Definition
Why are viruses nonliving?
Term
HOST RANGE
Definition

Viruses differ greatly in ___ ___.

 

Number of host species and cell types they infect.

Term

DNA or RNA, single stranded or double stranded.

SHAPE

BIND TO HOST

Definition

Genome of viruses differ how?

Capsids vary in ____.

Protein knobs and glycoprotein spikes help ____ _ ____.

Term

VIRAL ENVELOPE


LIPID BILAYER


SPIKE GLYCOPROTEINS

Definition

Many viruses that infect animal cells have ____ ____ enclosing capsid.

____ ____ derived from host cell.

Embedded with ____ _____.

Term

BACTERIOPHAGE

(phage)


TAIL FIBERS

Definition

Virus that infects bacteria.

Contain ____ ____ for attaching to host cell wall.

Term

VIRAL REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE


1.

 

Definition
_. Proteins in virus bind to specific host cell.
Term

VIRAL REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE

2.


INJECTION or FUSION OF ENVELOPE

(bacteriophages)              (HIV)

Definition
_. Genetic material inserted into host cell via _____ or ____ _ _____ with host cell membrane.
Term

VIRAL REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE


3.


REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE

RETROVIRUS

Definition

_. Viral enzyme integrase produced.

-cuts host DNA and inserts viral genome

 

In RNA virus, viral enzyme ___ ____ produces DNA from RNA (____).

Term
PROPHAGE
Definition
Integrated phage DNA
Term
PROVIRUS
Definition
Integrated viral DNA
Term

VIRAL REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE

 

4.

 

Definition
_. Viral genes expressed to produce viral proteins; viral components assembled into new viruses.
Term

VIRAL REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE


5.


BUDDING

LYSIS

Definition

_. Virus released from host cell

(____ -- animal cells/____--phages)

Term

PHAGE DNA EXCISED


HOST DNA DEGRADES


CELL LYSIS

Definition

Lytic Cycle of Bacteriophages


After integration, ___ ___ _____.

During synthesis of viral components, ___ ___ _____.

Viruses release via ___ ___.

Term
CELL LYSIS
Definition
host cell bursts
Term

TEMPERATE PHAGES


LYTIC CYCLE


VIRULENT PHAGES

Definition

______ ______ can remain latent (inactive) in lysogenic cycle.

-may enter ___ ___ depending on environment.

 

_____ _____ proceed directly to lytic cycle.

Term
PROVIRUSES
Definition
In human viruses, ______ remain dormant over time.
Term
EPISOME
Definition

In human viruses, a viral denome exists as an _____ -- separate from host DNA.

-can occasionally integrate into host DNA, causing outbreaks of disease symptom.

ex: herpes virus

Term
EMERGING VIRUSES
Definition

Viruses that have arisen recently, or likely to have a great probability of causing infection.

ex: HIV, causative agent of AIDS

Term
VIROIDS
Definition

Small infectious agent composed solely of RNA.

 

-infect plant cells

-ribozyme activity may damage host cells

 

 

Term
PRIONS
Definition

Small infectious agent composed entirely of protein.

 

-causes fatal brain disease in humans and other mammals

Term

SINGLE TYPE

CIRCULAR

IN NUCLEOID REGION

1 ORIGIN OF REPLICATION (plasmids)

Definition

Properties of bacterial chromosome.

 

Term
PLASMIDS
Definition
small, circular pieces of DNA separate from chromosome making a bacterial chromosome
Term

ASEXUALLY


BINARY FISSION

Definition
Bacteria reproduce _____ by ____ ____ at a rapid rate.
Term
STRAIN
Definition
Genetically different lineage within a bacterial species.
Term

MUTATIONS


HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER

from one bacterial cell to to another

Definition
Source of genetic differences in a strain of bacteria.
Term

CONJUGATION


TRANSFORMATION


TRANSDUCTION

Definition
3 ways for horizontal gene transfer from one bacterial cell to another to occur.
Term
CONJUGATION
Definition

1 bacterium directly transfers DNA to recipient cell.

Donor strains contain fertility factor plasmid, F factor

Sex pilus connects donor and recipient cells and donor transfers F factor to recipient.

Term
TRANSFORMATION
Definition
Bacterium takes up a strand of DNA from environment (usually dead bacterial cell) and inserts it into chromosome.
Term
COMPETENT
Definition
bacteria able to undergo transformation
Term
TRANSDUCTION
Definition

Bacteriophages transfer genes from 1 bacterium to another.

 

-on rare occasion, phage picks up bacterial DNA -- can be inserted into a different bacterium when the phage infects it.

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