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Viruses
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2014

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Term
Cannot replicate without a host cell; cannot metabolize without host cell; acellular
Definition
Support that viruses are not alive
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Mutate; evolve; use DNA/RNA; initially derived from cells
Definition
Support that viruses are alive
Term
protein and nucleic acids
Definition
Basic contents of virus
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only within a host cell
Definition
How do viruses replicate?
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negative-sensed stranded
Definition
Single strand of RNA that is complement of (template for) the mRNA for viral proteins
Term
RNA polymerase
Definition
Enzyme used to duplicate RNA in negative-sensed stranded
Term
multiple
Definition
Negative-sensed stranded arose once or multiple times during evolution?
Term
measles, mumps, influenza, rabies
Definition
Medical conditions associated with negative-sensed stranded
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positive-sense stranded
Definition
Single-stranded RNA; RNA is itself the mRNA for viral proteins
Term
mosaic viruses
Definition
Plant diseases associated with positive-sense stranded
Term
polio, hepatitis C, and common cold
Definition
Human diseases associated with positive-sense stranded
Term
RNA retrovirus
Definition
Single-stranded RNA; RNA reverse transcribed into a dsDNA
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reverse transcriptase
Definition
Enzyme retroviruses use for making dsDNA
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provirus
Definition
Virus dsDNA integrated into host DNA
Term
vertebrates
Definition
Host of retroviruses
Term
cancers, HIV
Definition
Medical conditions associated with retroviruses
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double-stranded RNA viruses
Definition
Two strands of RNA
Term
diseases in plants, human infant diarrhea
Definition
Diseases associated with double-stranded RNA viruses
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DNA viruses
Definition
genome comprised of DNA
Term
HPV
Definition
Diseases associated with DNA viruses
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viroids
Definition
Only have RNA; no protein
Term
small circular RNA
Definition
Type of genetic material in viroids
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plants
Definition
Viroids cause growth and development problems in which organisms?
Term
prions
Definition
Misfolded proteins that are infectious
Term
nervous system
Definition
Prion diseases affect which system?
Term
Mad Cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
Definition
Examples of prion diseases
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