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Viruses Living a borrowed life. Discovery of the tobacco mosaic virus. Structure and properties of viruses. Small infectious agent that can only replicate inside the living cell of an organism Virus particles ( virions ) Protein coat/capsid formed from capsomeres
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Structure and properties of viruses • Small infectious agent that can only replicate inside the living cell of an organism • Virus particles (virions) • Protein coat/capsid formed from capsomeres • Nucleic acid core (DNA/RNA) ~ 4-1000 genes • Accessory structures* • Lipid envelope – from membrane of the host cell adenovirus influenza T4 TMV
Virus classification http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QUryhHJZKbU/S8uRMF8FD3I/AAAAAAAACI0/CINIMHP5Cmc/s320/Rhinotracheitis+Capsid.jpg
Virus reproductive cycles Enveloped Virus
LYTICvslysogenic cycles in dsdna bacteriophages/Animal viruses
examples • LYTIC VIRUSES • influenza • rhinovirus (common cold) • LYSOGENIC VIRUSES • herpes I and II • some retroviruses • MIXED STAGE VIRUSES http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101/images/vir5.gif
RNA virus replication Virus RNA mRNA proteins
http://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/Books/B0/B22/MAIN/images/HIVcycle.gifhttp://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/Books/B0/B22/MAIN/images/HIVcycle.gif RNA retrovirus replication Virus RNA DNA mRNA proteins
HYpotheses on viral origins Viroids – RNA sequences that infect plants • Progressive theory • Genetic material from cells escaped and mutated • Regressive theory • Evolved from bacteria that are obligate intracellular parasites • Virus-First Hypothesis • Evolved from the first RNA segments before the early cells http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/WindowsLiveWriter/bc47e94c78c7_9B1A/mutation-v-genome_3.jpg
http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101/pages/Chap9.htmlhttp://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101/pages/Chap9.html Bacterial transductionPhage-mediated DNA transfer
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SIGNIFICANCE OF VIRUSES • pathogens • viral gene therapy • phage typing of bacteria • source of enzymes • pesticides • antibacterial and anticancer agents • molecular biology breakthroughs • genetics and evolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LambdaPlaques.jpg