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Rule: dsDNA
Exception: Parvoviridae
Rule: linear
Exception: Papilloma, Polyoma, Hepadnaviruses (circular)
Rule: icosahedral
Exception: pox (complex) |
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Definition
Rule: ssRNA
Exception: Reoviridae |
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Term
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Definition
Rule: haploid
Exception: retrovirus (diploid) |
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Term
| site of viral replication (2) |
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Definition
Rule: DNA viruses replicate in nucleus
Exception: poxvirus (has own DNA-dep RNA polymerase)
Rule: RNA viruses replication in cytoplasm
Exception: influenza, retrovirus |
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Term
| naked viral genome infectivity |
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Definition
Rule: dsDNA and (+)ssRNA are infectious alone; (-)ssNRA and dsRNA need to carry RNA-dep RNA polymerase with them
Exception: HBV (reverse transcriptase), pox (DNA-dep RNA polymerase) |
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Term
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Definition
Rule: plasma membrane
Exception: Herpesviruses from the nuclear membrane |
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