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Viruses. Reverse Transcription and Integration. Initiation of Reverse Transcription. HIV gRNA. Figure 7.2 Primer binding. Fig. 7.3 Replication. Jump!!. Perhaps a simpler view?. Single RNA strand. copy. Jump!. Discard. Copy. Discard. Copy. Separate. Jump!.
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Reverse Transcription and Integration
Initiation of Reverse Transcription HIV gRNA Figure 7.2 Primer binding
Perhaps a simpler view?...
Single RNA strand copy Jump! Discard Copy Discard Copy Separate Jump! Double strand DNA copy
Figure 7.5 Recombinaton Models
Figure 7.6 RTs from Avian Sarcoma/Leukosis Virus Murine leukemia Virus and HIV
Figure 7.11 RTase Mechanism (same as all polymerases)
Some HIV animations: • http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/biology/units/hiv/images.html
FLU!!!!!!! • WHAT IS IT???? • Will there be a pandemic? • How does the “pandemic” evolve? • How does flu evade our immune system? • How are vaccines made? • Etc.
Negative-Strand RNA Viruses: • Viruses with negative-sense RNA genomes are a little more diverse than positive-stranded viruses. Possibly because of the difficulties of expression, they tend to have larger genomes encoding more genetic information. Because of this, segmentation is a common though not universal feature of such viruses.
Negative-sense RNA genomes are not infectious as purified RNA. Virus particles all contain a virus-specific polymerase. The first event when the virus genome enters the cell is that the (-)sense genome is copied by the polymerase, forming either (+)sense transcripts which are used directly as mRNA, or a double-stranded molecule known either as the replicative intermediate (RI) or replicative form (RF), which serves as a template for further rounds of mRNA synthesis.
Figure 5.14 Influenza + receptor--sialic acid Different strains prefer different oligos
Flu Viral Uptake
Figure 6.11 Activation of Flu RdRp