BI111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 92: Mitochondrion, Commensalism, Pediococcus

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Biology review bacteria, viruses etc.
Viruses: not cells and do not grow. Have only one characteristics of life: reproduction. A
virus can only reproduce inside a host cells, the process of reproduction is the lytic cycle.
- 2 virus categories
1. DNA- are stable and do not mutate rapidly. Are single or double stranded.
2. RNA- unstable and mutate rapidly. Single or double stranded
Capsid: surrounds the virus, made of proteins. Proteins located on the capsid make the virus
specific for receptor sites on the cell.
Host Range: the limited number of host species, tissues or cells that a virus or other parasites
can infect
Viral replication
They cannot multiply on their own; they require a host cell, using the cells machinery
to copy its nucleic acid and duplicate
Lytic cycle
1. Attachment- proteins on surface of virus act as keys that fit into matching shapes on
surface of host cell
2. Entry-virus injects nucleic acid into the cell, leaving the empty capsid outside the cell
3. Replication- is copied and codes for making pieces of the virus by host cell
4. Assembly- the pieces are put together to make a virus
5. Lysis and Release- host cell breaks open, dies and releases new viruses
Lysogenic Cycle
Proteins on the surface of the virus bind with proteins on the surface of the host cell
Virus attaches itself and injects DNA into cell
Viral DNA attaches to host DNA, becoming a new set of genes called prophage
When host cell divides the new gene is replicated and passed to new cells
2 possibilities…
1. Prophage is permanent part of host cell DNA
2. External stimuli causes prophage to become active (lytic cycle begins)
VIRUS UNDERGOING LYTIC CYCLE= A VIRULENT VIRUS
VIRUS UNDERGOING LYSOGENIC CYCLE= TEMPERATE VIRUS
Defense against viruses
Easy to destroy outside living organisms
They are weak
Viruses can mutate and develop resistance really quickly
Our natural defense
White blood cells- engulf viruses in the blood and digest them
Interferon’s- proteins produced by cells when exposed to a virus. Bind to membranes
of neighboring cells and stop the ability of a virus to attach and enter the cell
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A virus can only reproduce inside a host cells, the process of reproduction is the lytic cycle. 2 virus categories: dna- are stable and do not mutate rapidly. Are single or double stranded: rna- unstable and mutate rapidly. Proteins located on the capsid make the virus specific for receptor sites on the cell. Host range: the limited number of host species, tissues or cells that a virus or other parasites can infect. They cannot multiply on their own; they require a host cell, using the cells machinery to copy its nucleic acid and duplicate. 2 possibilities : prophage is permanent part of host cell dna, external stimuli causes prophage to become active (lytic cycle begins) Defense against viruses : easy to destroy outside living organisms, they are weak, viruses can mutate and develop resistance really quickly. Our natural defense : white blood cells- engulf viruses in the blood and digest them.

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