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Virus structure, classification and replication. Viruses defined. Obligate intracellular parasites. Under attack!. (From Medical Microbiology, 4 th ed., Murray, Rosenthal, Kobayashi & Pfaller, Mosby Inc., 2002, Fig. 65-1.). Structures compared.
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Viruses defined Obligate intracellular parasites
Under attack! (From Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., Murray, Rosenthal, Kobayashi & Pfaller, Mosby Inc., 2002, Fig. 65-1.)
Structures compared From Medical Microbiology, 5th ed., Murray, Rosenthal & Pfaller, Mosby Inc., 2005, Fig. 6-4.
DNA or RNA Basic virus structure Capsid protein Naked capsid virus Nucleocapsid + = Lipid membrane, glycoproteins Nucleocapsid Enveloped virus +
Matrix Lipid Glycoprotein Capsid symmetry Icosahedral Helical Naked capsid Enveloped
Adenovirus Electron micrograph Foot and mouth disease virus Crystallographic model Icosahedral naked capsid viruses http://virology.wisc.edu/virusworld/ICTV8/fmd-foot-and-mouth-ictv8.jpg http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Images/Ackerman/Animalvi/Adenovir/799-16.htm
Helical naked capsid viruses RNA Protein http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/em_tmv.gif Caspar and Klug, Adv Virus Res. 1960;7:225-325 Tobacco mosaic virus Electron micrograph Tobacco mosaic virus Model
Icosahedral enveloped viruses http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/stannard/emimages.html http://virology.wisc.edu/virusworld/images/herpescapsid.GIF Herpes simplex virus Electron micrograph Herpes simplex virus Nucleocapsid cryoEM model
Helical enveloped viruses http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/stannard/fluvirus.html http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/stannard/paramyx.html Influneza A virus Electron micrograph Paramyxovirus Electron micrograph
Taxonomy of the Order Mononegavirales a V, vertebrate; I, insect; P, plant. Fields Vriology (2007) 5th edition, Knipe, DM & Howley, PM, eds, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia Table 2.2
Classification of Human Viruses Fields Vriology (2007) 5th edition, Knipe, DM & Howley, PM, eds, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia Table 2.1
Virus replication:variations on the theme • dsDNA • ssDNA • (+)ssRNA • (-)ssRNA • dsRNA • RNA retro • DNA retro
dsDNA virus replication (+)mRNA dsDNA dsDNA
(+)mRNA (+) ssDNA dsDNA ssDNA virus replication
(+)RNA (+)RNA (-)RNA (+)ssRNA virus replication
(+)mRNA (+)RNA (-)RNA (-)RNA (-)ssRNA virus replication
(+)mRNA dsRNA dsRNA dsRNA virus replication
(+)mRNA (+)mRNA ssDNA (+)RNA (+)RNA dsDNA (+)ssRNA retrovirus replication
(+)mRNA (+)mRNA ssDNA (+)RNA dsDNA dsDNA dsDNA retrovirus replication
Virus growth 1,000 – 100,000 viruses/cell, 5 – 24 hours From Schaechter’s Mechanisms of Microbial Disease; 4th ed.; Engleberg, DiRita & Dermody; Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2007; Fig. 31-8
Summary: structure,classification & replication • Structure • Nucleic acid in a protein shell, +/- lipid envelope • Structure impacts on biological properties • Classification • Many virus families, organized by structure and biology • Replication • Generic scheme • Varying strategies depending on nucleic acid