1. 11.2 Viruses

2. Characteristics of Viruses
are _______ since they have __ ___________ and are not classified in any kingdom of living things
have no organelles, _______ or __________ and rely upon other living organisms to reproduce

3. Characteristics of Viruses
consist of DNA or RNA strands contained within a protective protein coat called a _______
the capsid protects the virus from attack by host cells and is a means by which viruses are classified

4. Characteristics of Viruses
shapes of capsids: polyhedral, spherical, cylindrical, polyhedral with a protein tail
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5. Characteristics of Viruses
Viruses are also classified by the type of ________ they contain, DNA or RNA and by the types of _______ they cause

6. DNA and RNA Viruses
1) DNA viruses: ____ _____ and follow the lytic cycle
able to be detected and destroyed by the human immune system
2) RNA viruses: most virulent and can remain __________ for a period of days or months or even years
Follow the ____________ but once they are active in a host they can be detected by the immune system
Cause diseases like _______, rabies and ________

7. Viral Reproduction There are 2 types of viral reproduction :
1) Lytic Cycle
2) Lysogenic Cycle

8. Lytic Cycle 1) virus attaches to the _______ of the host cell
2) virus injects its nucleic acid into the bacterial cell and takes over the host mRNA
3) the host cell replicates the viral DNA
4) new virus particles are then _______ in the cell and then released through cell ______
5) the new particles attack neighbouring cells

9. Lysogenic Cycle 1) the __________ becomes attached to cell wall
2) viral DNA is _______ into the host cell
3) viral DNA inserts itself into the host cell DNA by _________
4) when the host cell reproduces its genetic content, the ________ are also replicated

10. Lysogenic Cycle (cont’d)
5) for many generations, there are no active viral particles produced
6) occasionally, the viral DNA will become active in a host cell (_______ which triggers reproduction)
7) bacterium lyses, releasing new viruses
8) phages carry genes from host cell to neighbouring cells

11. Retroviruses
When an RNA virus enters a host cell it must first convert its ___ to ____
This is done using a special enzyme called ______________, which the RNA virus carries
It is now able to _____ the viral ___ into the host genome and follows the _________ cycle