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properties of viruses
ch6 test 3
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
03/09/2012

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obligate intracellular parasites
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size 20 nm to 450 nm
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viruses are not cells
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do not independently fulfill characteristics of life
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active only inside host cell
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nucleic acid core w/protein shell
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nucleic acid is DNA or RNA/not both
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nucleic acid is double or single-stranded DNA. nucleic acid is double or single-stranded RNA
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surface is specific for attachment to host cell
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multiply by control of host cell genetics & synthesis/assembly of new viruses
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lack enzymes for metabolism
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unable to synthesize protein
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