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virus

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obligate intracellular parasite
-can only exist and replicate in a host cell
-specific for host and infect all froms of life
-no animals are immune
-ultramicroscopic
-dont fullfill characteristics of life
-not cellular in nature

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characteristics of life

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-cellular organized
-reproduction
-metabolism
-heredity
-responsiveness
-growth/ develop
-homeostasis
-are they alive? only rlly in presence of host cell

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virus genome

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-dna or rna never both
-single or double stranded
-have been around since life

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can viruses synthesize proteins

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no because they lack ribosomes
-some exceptions

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what microscrope can we use for virus

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electron microscope
-most under .2 microns

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virus evoluton

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virus only carry the genes they need to infect a host cell

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virus structure

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-capsids

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capsides

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-repetitive subunits of proteins/ capsomers
-protein coats that enclose and protect their nucleic acid/ genetic material
-helps deliver genetic material to host cell
-some are surrounding in envelope/ phospholipid bilayer
-helical or iscosahedral

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no envelope

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naked virus

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envelope

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the outside layer that touchs the host cell

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helical capsid

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-capsides in cylinder and the genetic material is wrapped around the cylinder
-naked helical viruses are not human pathogens

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icosahedral capsid

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-20 sides and 12 corners
-1 or multiple proteins to make capsid
-densely packed and can form crystals
-easier to use xray rystallography to get an image of it

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viral envelope

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-mostly viruses that infect animals
-gets envelope when it leaves host cell
-spikes are exposed proteins outside the envelope they help attach to host cell
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surface proteins of envelope

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help your immune system recognize the pathogen

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nucleases

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the enzyme that would degrade viruses without the capsid present
-on our hands etc

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complex viruses

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-atypical
-no capside
-ex: poxviruses: covered in dense layer of lipoproteins, have a large genome and structure
-ex: bacteriophage that have a polyhedral nucleocapsid, helical tail and attachment fibers (alien)

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viral dna

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-circular or linear

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viral rna

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-single or double strand
-multiple pieces (pizza that is cut in 8 slices)
-ssRNA (positive sense) or negative sense

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positive sense rna

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rna read by ribosome and translates d into aino acids to make proteins
-rna that foes to ribosome immediatly and the proteins make sense

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negative sense

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-genome if it were to go through ribosome would make a nonsense protein because it is the complimentary strand
-needs to be converted to sense before it is transcribed

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in the capsid there are

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viral proteins that the virus needs to replicate, polymerases, reverse transcriptase (to synth DNA from rna/ aids), RNA dependant rna polymerase (uses RNA to make new RNA) in negative sense, positive doesnt rlly need it

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viral classification

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-family name ends in viridae
-genus: virus
-7 orders, 96 families and 350 genera of viruses
-simple: Herpes simplex 1

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absorption

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virus encountering host cell
-endocytosis or fusion
-endo is used by naked cells
-fusion is for enevelope viruses: phospholipid bilayer or viruse fuses with host cell bilayer bc proteins in virus envelope help mediate this process (fusogenic proteins) draw the membranes together
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penetration

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virus taken into vesicle

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uncoated
-genome leaving capside, vesicle etc
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synthesis
new genome, proteins, capsides etc
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assembly
-proteins inserted into cell membrane for the viral envelope
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release
budding of vesicle -takes envelop from lipid bilayer -budding
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host range/ tropism
-cell or tissue type the organism can infect -ex: polio infects intestine and motor neurons
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why does DNA virus go to nucleus
-dna and rna polymerase -many will use host cells dna and rna polymerase which is in the nucleus -replicating in cytoplasm it can used enzymes we have -RNA viruses dont need the polymerase so they will reproduce in cytoplasm
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lysis
nonenvelpped and complex viruses released when cell dies and ruptures
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virion
-fully formed extracellular cirus particle that is cirulent and able to establish infection in a host cell -not defective and can infect a host
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cytopathic effects
-virus induced damage on cells -change in size or shape -sytoplasmic inclusion bodies (masses of virus particles or damaged cell organelles) -fusion forms multinucleated cells (syncytia) -cell lysis -alter DNA -transform cells into cancerous cells
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persistent infections
-cell harbors virus and cell is not immediatly lysed/ killed -length of time varies, weeks or years -periodic reactivity: chronic latent state (mono/ measles hiding in the brain eventually lethal, chicken pox and shingles)
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transformation cell
-virus turning cell cancerous -result of altering genetic material bc this alters their normal rules (multiple uncontrolled, cells dont die) -HPV -Epstein barr and malaria
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bacteriophages/ phages
-infect viruses -infect ecoli -remains out of cell and injects DNA into cell -lytic cyles
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lytic cyle
-phage recognizes surface features -bacteria injects genome -murders host cell -genome hijacks cell processes and uses it to replicate phages -protein will weaken cell wall which will burts open destroying host and creating phages
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temperate phages
can do lysogenic cylce
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prophage
genome inserts but the cell is not lysed
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lysogeny
prophage is retianes and copies during normal cell division which transfers the temperate phase genome to all host cell progeny
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induction
activation ogf lysogenic prophage -host is killing itself to take phage with it so phage kills it first
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viruses with toxins
-get thos etoxins from bacteriophages and those toxins can infect humans -lysogenic conversions
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culture a virus
-needs to culture host bc they are intracellular parasites -easiest is a cell culture that support the virus -bird embryos are eggs that we inject the virus through the shell (flu) -live animal inoculation only when necessary
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plaque assay
measures ability of virus -purple cells and observe how the infected cells die, the clearing/ plaque tells us where the virus kills the cells
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how to detect animal viruses
-too small to stain or microscope -symptoms can help bc many viruses can cause similar symptoms (ex: flu like symptoms) -pcr (detecting gemone) -immunoflouresance/ em -look for part of virus (rapid covid test which binds to the capsid of the covid) -look for anitbodies in immune system (used post infection)
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treating viral infection
-antiviral drugs have bad side effects (will target host cell too) (ex: AZT for HIV also targets nucleic acid synth: nucleotide analog) -antibiotics don't work -vaccination is best
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satellite virus
dependent on other virus replication -replicate only in the cells infected with adenovirus -delta agent (like hepatitis) but it needs hepaatitis to replicate
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prions
-infectious protein that are misfolded and they have no nucleic acids -one misfolded protein that infects the other -resistant to sterilization techniques -cause spongiform encephalopathies / fatal neurodegenerative disease -common in animals: scapies (sheep), bovine spongiform (mad cow), wasting disease (elk), and creutzfeldt jakob (humans)
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virus origins
many come from humans, some zoonotic
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chronic infection
-chronically producing new viruses -slow rate -symptoms could be absent
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latent infection
-chronic virus that spikes up and becomes acute but then goes dormant -herpes
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oncogenic virus
causes cancer by bringing an ocogene -accidently activate oongogene -uncontollwed growth
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teratogenic
can cross placenta and infect fetus
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covid
-enveloped, nonsegmented positive sense RNA virus (large genome) -spherical virions -disease in mammals and birds -some forms infect people sars 2
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sars covid 2
-entry: envelope fuses to plasma membrane or endocytosis into endosome -positive sense rna gemone single stranded (nucleic acids that can make genes/ proteins =ORF) -ORF makes initial proteins that the virus uses to take over cell -primary translation/ polyprotein procesisng to make first viral protiens -new rna genome copies -OFS make compartments in ER (DMV) which protects genome replication from immune bc it needs to make a double strand to duplicate which the cell would attack -uses compartments to make genome -DMV parts are packaged and sent to er golgi complex to form where it gets spike proteins -leaves through exocytosis
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late stage of virus
making structrral proteins/ parts of the virus
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nsp
non structural protein -covid makes all proteins at once and then protease will cut it at the subunits to make them individual proteins w diff funcitons
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dmv
double membrane vessicle -covid uses rtc to make genome (RNA)
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RTC
replication transcription complex
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rna cap
lets ribosome bind to it to make proteins -pink cap on the end of the rtc -starts translation bc positive sense and cap lets it -hard to get for viruses so diff method for diff viruses
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passing stop codon
-happens less -fram shift is a way to control how much protein we are producing that is NSP 12, 13, 14 , 15, 16 -more small nsp bc the knot in the RNA does not cause frame shift and the stop codonis read
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subgenomic rna
all about helping the genes get caps -genes that make virus structural proteins -5 prime end cap on RNA that is needed for ribosome translation inititation
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RBD
receptor binding domain
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three flues
A B C -A is most serious and causes most infections -based on ribonucleoprotien antigens -enveloped -negative sense
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Flu entering cell
three types of proteins inserted into lipid bilayer (hemagglucinin, neuraminidase and M2 ion channel protein
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flu viral ssRNA is
surrounded by nucleoproteins and needs RNA transcriptase -8 segmentes of ribonucleoprotein -needs all 8 to infect -10 genes encoded in the 8
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flu replication
attaches to respiratory cells and segments of RNA enter the nucleus -virus budds out of cell when done -positive sense genome makes more negative genome and makes viral proteinsfl
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flu positive rna
intermediary for proteins and rna
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flu glycoproteins
-make the spikes -hemagglutinin -nueraminidase
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hemaglutinning (H)
15 subtypes -most important virulence factor and lets it bind to host cell
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nueraminidase (N)
9 types -hydroluzes mucus and assists in viral release/ budding
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antigenic drift
constant mutation -flu makes lots of mistakes which makes mutation -changes amino acid composition (minor change)
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antigenic shift
-influenza A bc muliple strains infect same cell -oneof the genes or RNA is substituted with a gene or stranad from another influenza virus from diff host -huge change -pizza box: one slice burd flue one slice pig flue etc
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