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Cellular Genetics: Virus Quiz Flashcards

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What is a virus?

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An obligate, intracellular parasite made up of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and protein, sometimes surrounded by a membrane

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Viruses lack the ability to acquire energy ____ .

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Independently

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How do viruses differ from each other?

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In size, structure, genome type, host type, transmission

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What are the 2 unifying characteristics of viruses?

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  • All must make their own ribosomes that can be translated by the host (no viruses contain their own ribosomes)
  • All are obligate, intracellular parasites that can’t function or replicate outside of a cell
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What is the main difference between viruses and bacteria?

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Viruses do not grow and divide and do not have the metabolic properties of bacteria

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What are two functions of the structural proteins found on viruses?

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  1. Protection of genome
  2. Delivery of the genome
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What does it mean that virus particles are metastable?

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  • Must protect the genome (stable)
  • Must come apart on the infection (unstable)
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What was the first ever virus to be discovered and what did it teach us?

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  • TMV helped us understand that virus particles form spontaneously from subunits without any extra information
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What is the implication of these self-assembling virus particles?

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  • Particle is the most energetically favorable structure of the components
  • Gives the particle its inherent stability and is an important feature of virions.
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What is a zoonotic virus?

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One that is transmitted form an animal to human.

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What is a vector?

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An intermediate organism through which viruses are transmitted from one type of host to another.

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What is a virome?

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The entire population of viruses associated with the human body

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What are the 3 virus particle types in the world of viruses?

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Helical, icosahedral, and complex

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Identify the 3 types of axis symmetry that govern the rules of icosahedral symmetry.

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  • An axis of two-fold rotational symmetry through the center of each edge.
  • An axis of three-fold “ “ of each face.
  • An axis of five-fold “ “ of each corner (vertex).
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What is the complex virus shape?

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Bacteriophage

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What is the helical virus shape?

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Hollow, cylindrical capsid

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What is the icosahedral virus shape?

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Polyhedral capsid with 20 triangular facets

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Distinguish among subunit, structural unit, capsid, nucleocapsid, and envelope.

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Capsids are made up of repeated structural units, and structural units are made up of redundant subunits. The capsid is an effective barrier that when coated in a lipid envelope, together becomes the nucleocapsid. Viruses can either have or not have an envelope.

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What is a subunit? What is another name for it?

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  • A single folded polypeptide chain
  • Also known as capsomere
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What is a structural unit?

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One or more subunits from which capsids or nucleocapsids are built.

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What is a virion?

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Infectious virus particle

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What is the capsid?

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Protein shell surrounding genome

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What are some of the enzymes you can find in the capsid?

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  • RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (enzyme that uses RNA as a template to produce RNA)
  • Reverse transcriptase (enzyme that uses RNA as a template for DNA synthesis)
  • Integrase (enzyme responsible for integrating viral DNA into host cell’s DNA)
  • Protease (enzyme that breaks down and modifies proteins)
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What does IRES stand for?

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Internal ribosome entry site

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What does UTR stand for?
Untranslated region
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What is the nucleocapsid? When is it used?
- Nucleic acid core and protein assembly - Used when is a discrete substructure
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What is the envelope?
- Host cell derived lipid bi-layer - Outermost coating that surrounds the capsid and contains glycoproteins
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What does it mean for a cell to be susceptible?
A cell has a functional receptor for a given virus (may or may not to be able to support viral replication)
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What does it mean for a cell to be resistant?
A cell has no receptor (may or may not be competent to support viral replication)
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What does it mean for a cell to be permissive?
A cell has the capacity to replicate virus (may or may not be susceptible)
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What is required of a host cell to take up a virus particle AND replicate it?
Must be both susceptible AND permissive
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What are the basic steps of the replication cycle?
1. Attachment and entry into the host cell 2. Un-coating or release of genome 3. Translation of viral proteins 4. Replication of viral genome 5. Assembly of new virus particles 6. Release from cell
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What happens in attachment and entry?
- Proteins on exterior of virus adhere to host cell membrane (absorption) - Attach to specific receptor molecules
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What are the two basic methods of uncoating?
1. Fusion at the plasma membrane 2. Within endosomes (endocytosis or engulfment)
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When does assembly begin?
When genome is copied AND viral proteins are synthesized (the capsid)
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What happens at assembly that only applies to enveloped viruses?
Only for enveloped viruses are there additional steps: acquisition of an envelope and maturation of virus particles
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Where do assembly happen?
Nucleus or cytoplasm
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How do enveloped and nonenveloped viruses exit the host cell?
- Enveloped viruses exit through budding - Nonenveloped viruses exit through exocytosis, lysis (viral infected cell bursts and releases viruses) and death of cells
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Do animal viruses need receptors? Fungi and plant viruses?
- Animal viruses need receptors - Fungi and plant viruses don’t. They enter cells by damage/openings.
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What are the receptors for influenza?
HA (hemagglutinin) binds to oligosaccharides
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What are the two receptors for HIV-1? Where are they found OR what is their function?
- CD4 found on helper T-cells - CCR5 is necessary to trigger a fusion of the membrane
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What are the receptors for SARS CoV-2? What is their function?
- ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) - Plays a central role in controlling blood pressure through the regulation of fluids in the body
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What are (+) RNA viruses?
Genome can be directly translated to functional proteins by the ribosomes of the host cell
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What are (-) RNA viruses?
- Require synthesis of an RNA strand complementary to the (+) RNA strand - Must carry an RNA replicase in virions to make complementary strand

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