Chapter 27: Viruses Flashcards
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Difference between lytic and lysogenic cycles in bacteriophage:
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Lytic: results in immediate death of the host
Lysogenic: virus becomes part of the host genome
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What is a bacteriophage?
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Viruses that infect bacteria.
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TSEs
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Diseases include: scrapies in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy or ‘mad cow’ disease, kuru, CJD and vCJD
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BSE
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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What are prions;
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Infectious particles that do not seem to contain any nucleic acid.
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Prions are the causative agents of:
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TSEs
