Past questions 2 Flashcards
What kind of theories of origin are there?
A.A. Cell degeneraation
A.B. Cell autonomy
Which of the following is direct virus detection?
virus isolation: EM, IF, NA hybridisation, HA
Where do you inject Blue tongue virus?
Intravenously into embryonated hen egg
Which area of the embryonate egg do we use for haemagglutination test?
Allantoic fluid
What does a ‘medium’ contain?
Salts, amino acids, carbohydrates, indicator, antibiotics and antimimetikum
What is Trypsin-EDTA used for?
Digestion between the cells of in vitro tissue culture
Are there cancer cell cell cultures?
Yes, aneuploid cell culture
What is a buffy coat?
White blood cell culture
Virus extraction methods?
A. Freezing-thawing three times
B. Ultrasound
C. Detergent
With what is virus concentration by precipitation possible?
Ammonium sulphate, PEG, alcohol
Are there definitely lipids in virions?
Definitely not, because they are found in the external layer/envelope
Are quasi helical viruses always enveloped?
Yes
Are icosahedron viruses enveloped?
No
What is characteristic of complex viruses?
No capsomere, complete symmetry (pox virus)
Pleomorph viruses have no nucleocapsid
True
What can we label Nucleic acid hybridisation samples with?
Isotopes or enzymes
What can we show with PCR?
Nucleic acids
What is needed for sequencing?
Primer, template, deoxynucleotides and marked dideoxynucleotides
What cells are formed with the fusion of myeloma and B-cells?
Tetraploid hybrid cells
Non-structural proteins do not integrate into the virion
True
What is budding?
A type of enveloped virus release
Are mutations only a disadvantage?
No, they can be advantageous
Can the external environment influence mutation?
Yes
Where are there more mutations?
there are more in RNA viruses