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Viruses
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/11/2010

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Term
Have cell walls or ribosomes?
Definition
No
Term
Living?
Definition
Debatable...does not contain cells
Term
complex chemical made up of nucleic acid and protein
Definition
Nucleoprotein
Term
incapable of independent existence. In order to multiply they must be inside another living cell.
Definition
Obligate intracellular parasites
Term
Can viruses contain both RNA and DNA?
Definition
No, can only possess one or the other.
Term
Many sided. Proteins make up the cell shell. Nucleic acid inside shell
Definition
Polyhedral
Term
Rod-like. Protein molecules arranged spirals around round shape.
Definition
Helical
Term
Not polyhedral and not helical but a combo of both.
Definition
Complex
Term
How do viruses reproduce?
Definition
They don't, they multiply.
Term
How do you recover from viruses?
Definition
NOT from antibiotics, only from antibodies.
Term
works against viral multiplication
Definition
Interferon
Term
new viruses get manufactured/assembled. Makes 100-150 new viruses per cell
Definition
assembly
Term
Uses enzymes to digest the protein shell.
Definition
Uncoating
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