Viruses
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Created by:
timot254 on April 11, 2012
Subjects:
Microbiology (BIOL351 TAMU) Siegele
Description:
microbiology - viruses
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 All viruses must: | 1. Recognize appropriate host cells 2. Make their genomes accessible to the host cell machinery 3. Replicate their genomes and make multiple copies of necessary proteins 4. Assemble new viral particles and exit the infected cell |
| viral attachment protein | attaches to the host cell, found on capsid or envelope |
| receptor | molecule on the surface of a host cell |
| host range | The limited range of host cells that each type of virus can infect and parasitize. |
| adenoviruses | (non-enveloped viruses) use spikes or attachment fiber proteins that extend from the viral surface |
| poliovirus | (non-enveloped viruses) viral capsid interacts with the receptor |
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