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Title

Virus structures

Description

e.g. genome, envelope, capsid

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Subject

Veterinary Medicine

Level

Undergraduate 3

Created

05/15/2012

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Term

Calicivirus structure

Definition

+ve sense RNA
-Small
-capsid = 90 dimers of single protein
-icosahedral symmetry
-non-enveloped

Term

Coronaviridae structure

Definition

+ve sense RNA
-helically symmetrical capsid
-lipid envelope w. large peplomers

Term

Arteroviridae structure

Definition

+ve sense RNA
-icosahedral capsid
-envelope w. small peplomers

Term

Reoviridae structure

Definition

ds RNA
-"russian doll structure" - core particle w. genome and RNA polymerase, inner capsid, outer capsid
-non-enveloped

Term

Flaviviridae (flavivirus and pestivirus) structure

Definition

+ve RNA
-small
-spherical capsid
-icosahedral symmetry
-tight lipid envelope w. peplomers