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Virology
UNECOM
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Medical
Graduate
04/06/2009
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Obligate intracellular parasites
 Definition
All viruses must live within a host in order to survive and reproduce.
Term
Size range of viruses
 Definition
20-300 nm
Term
What type of genome do viruses have?
 Definition
Must be EITHER DNA or RNA (never both!)
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Describe virus metabolism in one word
 Definition
INERT!! (they can't do anything by themselves: no respiration, multiplication, ingestion, excretion, etc)
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