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| DNA-containing herpesvirus group. causes burkitt's lymphoma. |
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| EBV infection can trigger nonmalignant proliferation of lymphocytes-produces flu-like symptoms. |
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| DNA virus implicated in cancer of the uterine cervix and in anal and genital cancers. |
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| DNA virus. transmitted by bodily fluid exchange. Causes liver cancer in patients infected for years. |
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| human T-cell lymphotropic virus-I |
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| retrovirus that causes human cancer. causes adult human t-cell lymphotropic virus-I. part of diagnostic criteria fro this type cancer. |
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| acquired immunodeficiency herpesvirus |
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| debilitated immune system that puts increased risk for several cancer types. developed from HIV. |
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| Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) |
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| discovered in specimens of Kaposi's sarcoma tissue. sexually transmitted with causative role in Kaposi's sarcoma. |
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| spiral shaped bacterium. causes gastritis which leads to development of stomach ulcers. |
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| parasitic flatwormsacquired by eating undercooked fish. once ingested it moves from the intestineds into the bile ducts. once lodged in smaller ducts of liver inflammation is triggered. then bile duct liver. |
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| tiny particle, too small to be seen with a light microscope that depends on living cells for its reproduction. |
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| independently replicating molecule that persists indefinitely, independently. |
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| integrates the resulting DNA copy of the viral RNA into the host's chromosomal DNA which is then subsequently replicated along with it. |
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| RNA viruses that employ the reverse transcriptase pathway to integrate their genetic info into a host cell. |
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| viral sarcoma gene. triggers the development of cancer. |
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| cellular sarcoma. normal gene in human cells. not present in the Rous virus. |
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| protein kinase that regulates the activity of targeted protein molecules by catalyzing theSrcation, these transmit signals from one molecule to another. |
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| normal version of the v-Src kinase produced by the Rous virus. activated when certain growth factors bond to receptors on cell surface. |
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| protein whose activity contributes to the development of cancer. |
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| ALV inserts itself near this cellular gene. it is a proto-gene that can be converted into an oncogene. |
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| long terminal repeats (LTRs) |
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| located at both ends of the genome of retroviruses and serve in the mechanism by which proviral DNA is inserted into the host chromosomal DNA and promote transcriptions of adjacent viral gene |
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| circumvents DNA damage repair by binding to the p53 protein and promoting its destruction. |
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| treat genetic diseases by inserting normal copies of genes into the cells of patients who have inherited defective disease-causing genes. |
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