Viruses
- Created by: Emily Sulma
- Created on: 03-04-15 18:32
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- Viruses
- Structure
- Contain DNA or RNA
- Some have spikes
- Some are enclosed by an envelope
- Contain a protein coat
- Can be helical, polyhedral, enveloped or complex
- Classification
- Capsid symmetry
- Presence of envelope
- Dimensions of virion and capsid
- Nucleic acid type
- Archaeal viruses
- Lytic and lysogenic
- Replicates using host cell's systems
- Integrated or free in cytoplasm
- Growing viruses
- Must be grown in living cells like bacteriophage
- Can be grown in embryos
- Can be grown in plant cells
- Viral replication
- Prions are infectious proteins which are hard to find and cure
- Attachment, penetration, biosynthesis, maturation, release
- Viroids have infectious nucleic acid
- Structure
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