Viruses

Virus Study Guide
1)Why are viruses considered obligate intracellular parasite.
2)What is required for a virus to reproduce?
3)Describe the structural components of virus. (be specific – Review Fig 21.1 and diagram at top left page 363)
4)What are the six different classes of viruses as related to their nucleic acid make-up.
    Check out these links
       http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21523/table/A1430/?report=objectonly
       http://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/254.html
5)Virus means…
6)Describe the basic way in which viruses infect cells.  Know the difference between the lytic and lysogenic cycles.
7)Identify the term latent.
8)Why are viruses described as non-living infectious particles.
9)Give examples of different human pathogenic viruses.
Video (5 main points)
    -Virus Replication
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqK1CYYQIug 


Work
    -Answer all virus study guide questions on paper
    -Virus Sheet
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