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___________ is a viral disease causing tobacco leaves to shrivel and assume a mosaic appearance   TOBACCO MOSAIC DISEASE  
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___________ is a mosquito borne viral disease of the human liver and blood   YELLOW FEVER  
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___________ have the ability to destroy bacterial cells   BACTERIOPHAGES  
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___________ can be seen only with the electron microscope and must infect and take over a host cell in order to replicate   VIRUSES  
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The ______________ contains either DNA or RNA, but not both   VIRAL GENOME  
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A ___________ is the protein coat of a virus particle   CAPSID  
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___________ are individual protein subunits which capsids are subdivided   CAPSOMERES  
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The __________ is the capsid with its enclosed genome   NUCLEOCAPSID  
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__________ are special capsid proteins that help attach the virus to the host cell and facilitate penetration of the cell   SPIKES  
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__________ are composed only of a nucleocapsid   NAKED VIRUSES  
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__________ are small, obligate intracellular parasites   VIRUSES  
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A __________ is a completely assembled, infectious virus outside its host cell   VIRION  
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__________ is a flexible membrane that surrounds viruses   ENVELOPE  
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What is the envelope composed of?   LIPIDS & PROTEINS  
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The _________ are viruses surrounded by an envelope   ENVELOPED VIRUS  
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Viruses that exist in the form of a helix are ______________   HELICAL SYMMETRY  
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What are 2 examples of Helical symmetry viruses?   RABIES & TOBACCO MOSAIC  
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What are the 3 shapes of viruses?   HELICAL, ISOCAHEDRAL & COMPLEX SYMMETRY  
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What are 2 examples of isocahedral symmetry viruses?   HERPES SIMPLEX & POLIOVIRUSES  
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Viruses that have both helical and isocahedral symmetry have ___________   COMPLEX SYMMETRY  
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What are 2 examples of complex symmetry viruses?   BACTERIOPHAGES & POXVIRUSES  
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A __________ refers to what organisms the virus can infect   HOST RANGE  
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____________ is the limitation in which viruses only infect certain cell types or tissues within the host   TISSUE TROPISM  
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What does ICTV stand for?   International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses  
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How do retroviruses replicate?   INDIRECTLY THROUGH A DNA INTERMEDIATE  
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_____________ are virulent viruses that carry a lytic cycle of infection   T-EVEN GROUP BACTERIOPHAGES  
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_____________ is a 5 Step Process   THE REPLICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES  
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What are the 5 Phases of the replication of bacteriophages?   PHASE 1:ATTACHMENT PHASE 2: PENETRATION PHASE 3: BIOSYNTHESIS PHASE 4: MATURATION PHASE 5: RELEASE  
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____________ is the first phase that occurs when a phage's tail fibers match with a receptor site on the bacterium's cell wall   PHASE 1: ATTACHMENT  
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____________ is the second stage that occurs when the phage tail releases lysozyme to dissolve a portion of the cell wall and the DNA is injected into the bacterial cytoplasm   PHASE 2: PENETRATION  
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___________ is the production of new phage genomes and capsid parts   PHASE 3: BIOSYNTHESIS  
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___________ is the assembly of viral parts into complete virus particles   PHASE 4: MATURATION  
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___________ is the exit of virions from the bacterium   PHASE 5: RELEASE  
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___________ are virulent viruses that carry out a lytic cycle of infection   T-EVEN GROUP BACTERIOPHAGES  
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___________ lyse the host cell while carrying out a lytic cycle of infection   VIRULENT VIRUSES  
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TRUE OR FALSE: TEMPERATE PHAGES DO NOT LYSE THE HOST, BUT INSERT THEIR DNA INTO THE BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES AS A PROPHAGE   TRUE  
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__________ is when virions exit from their bacterial shell and the cell ruptures   LYSIS STAGE  
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__________ is when phages interact with prokaryotic cells in a slightly different way   LYSOGENIC CYCLE  
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__________ are bacteriophages that participate in the lysogenic cycle   TEMPERATE PHAGES  
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__________ attach to host plasma membranes via spikes on the capsid or envelope   ANIMAL VIRUSES  
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__________ is a process by which insoluble materials are taken into a cell by invagination of the plasma   ENDOCYTOSIS  
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__________ is the separation of the capsid from the genome, as occurs as some animal viruses enter the cell   UNCOATING  
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__________ is the process when the virus pushes through the membrane ahead of it and around it, resulting in an envelope   BUDDING  
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__________ is when retroviruses carry their own enzyme   REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE  
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__________ are DNA viruses and retroviruses that insert their genome into the host chromosome   PROVIRUS  
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The state of ___________ occurs when the provirus encodes a repressor protein that prevents activation of the viral genes necessary for replication   LATENCY  
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Some_________ block the ability of viruses to penetrate or uncoat in the host cell   ANTIVIRALS  
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TRUE OR FALSE: ANTIBIOTICS DO WORK AGAINST VIRUSES. WHY?   FALSE because VIRUSES LACK THE ELEMENTS WITH WHICH ANTIBIOTICS INTERFERE  
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The provirus encodes a ______________ that prevents activation of the viral genes necessary for replication   REPRESSOR PROTEIN  
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_____________ are immune to the host body's defenses and is ___________ each time the cell's chromosome is reproduced   LATENT PROVIRUSES, PROPAGATED  
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_____________ prevents the synthesis of DNA in retroviruses   REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS  
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_____________ impeded the HIV protease that trims viral proteins in capsid construction   PROTEASE INHIBITORS  
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_____________ block an enzyme in the spike of influenzaviruses, preventing the release of new virions into the body   NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS  
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_____________ is a group of naturally produced proteins that alert cells to a viral infection   INTERFERON (IFN)  
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Some _____________ exist to affect viral penetration/uncoating, genome replication, or maturation/release   ANTIVIRALS  
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Most _____________ target the replication enzymes of the virus, inserting base analogs in the replicating DNA strand and blocking replication of the viral genome   ANTIVIRALS  
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TRUE OR FALSE: IFN's bind to receptors on cells, triggering them to produce antiviral proteins   TRUE  
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What series of bright red patches with pimple-like centers accompany Measles?   KOPLICK SPOTS  
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____________ are a series of bright red patches with pimple-like centers accompany Measles   KOPLICK SPOTS  
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Who helped identify viruses?   THOMAS RIVERS  
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___________ uses light microscopy to examine cells for cytopathic effects (CPEs) of viral infection   CYTOLOGY  
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__________ occurs when viruses replicate in host cells   CYTOPATHIC EFFECTS  
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__________ are multinucleate giant cells that are formed when paramyxoviruses cause host cells to fuse together   SYNCYTIA  
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__________ are cytoplasmic nucleoprotein inclusions found in the brain tissue of a rabid animal   NEGRI BODIES  
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__________ is an uncontrolled growth and spread of cells   CANCER  
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A ___________ is a clone of abnormal cells   TUMOR  
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A local tumor is designated __________ because it usually is not life threatening   BENIGN  
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A ________________ are tumor cells that break free from the capsule and spread to other tissues of the body   MALIGNANT TUMOR  
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___________ occurs when tumor cells break out of the capsule   METASTASIS  
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In a __________________ the cells adhere to the bottom of a plastic dish or well and reproduce to form a single layer   PRIMARY CELL CULTURE  
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A _____________ is a single layer of cells   MONOLAYER  
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A _____________ occurs with the different cell types in a primary cell culture can be separated enzymatically and isolated as a single cell type   CELL LINE  
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______________ is a clear zone within the cloudy "lawn" of bacterial cells or monolayer of animal cells   PLAQUE  
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______________ occurs when epidemiologic surveys of several bacterial disease are aided by plaque formation   PHAGE TYPING  
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What percent of human cancers are associated with carcinogens?   60%-90%  
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______________ are chemical and physical agents that produce cellular changes leading to cancer   CARCINOGENS  
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A ____________ is a malignant tumor that begins growing in connective tissue   SARCOMA  
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______________ is the conversion of a normal cell into a malignant cell brought about by the action of a carcinogen   TRANSFORMATION  
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A ____________ is a test to detect cancerous or precancerous cells of the cervix   PAP SMEAR  
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_____________ are tumor causing viruses   Oncogenic viruses  
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What are 2 examples of oncogenic viruses?   EPSTEIN-BARR & HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV)  
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_____________ is linked to Burkitt Lymphoma   EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS  
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_____________ is a tumor of the jaw   BURKITT LYMPHOMA  
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_____________ is associated with cervical cancer   HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS  
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What is the 2nd most common cancer in women under 35?   CERVICAL CANCER  
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The ________________ suggests that protooncogenes normally reside in the chromosomal DNA of a cell   ONCOGENE THEORY  
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____________ are protooncogenes that are captured in the viral genome   V-ONCOGENES  
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____________ are normal genes that are the forerunners of oncogenes   PROTOONCOGENES  
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____________ are a type of white blood cell important in immunity   B LYMPHOCYTES  
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____________ are the result of viruses appearing for the first time in a population or rapidly expanding their host range with a corresponding increase in detectable disease   EMERGING DISEASES  
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What is one way "new" viruses arise?   GENETIC RECOMBINATION  
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____________ allows 2 different viruses to reassort their genome sequences   GENETIC RECOMBINATION  
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The ___________________ hypothesis suggests that viruses are degenerate life forms   REGRESSIVE EVOLUTION  
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The ___________________ hypthesis suggests that viruses are derived from subcellular componets and macromolecules that escaped from cell walls and were able to replicate inside hosts   CELLULAR ORIGINS  
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The ___________________ hypothesis suggests viruses coevolved with cellular organisms from self-replicating molecule present on primitive Earth   INDEPENDENT ENTITIES  
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___________ are infectious RNA particles   VIROIDS  
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___________ are tiny fragments of RNA that cause diseases in crop plants   VIROIDS  
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___________ are infectious proteins   PRIONS  
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What does TSE stand for?   TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ECEPHALOPATHIES  
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__________ occur in humans and other animals   TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ECEPHALOPATHIES  
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__________ are neurologic degenerative disease that can be transmitted within or between species   TSEs  
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__________ is the loss of memory   DEMENTIA  
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Who discovered the proteinaceous infectious particle (prion)?   STANLEY PRUSINER  
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The _____________ hypothesis predicts that prions are composed only of protein and contain no nucleic acids   PROTEIN-ONLY  
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_________ is the human form of TSE   VARIANT CJD (CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE)  
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