Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Galactose, Glycoprotein, Lentivirus
23 Apr 2016
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Mimivirus: infects amoeba, does not pass through 0. 2 micron filter, and is visible in light microscopy (latter two points usually do not apply for viruses). Tobacco mosaic virus: used by ivanovsky and beijernick to first define a virus as a filterable agent . Lec 4: this is also an example of rod-shaped viruses made from helical symmetry. Curvularia thermal tolerance virus (cthtv): a virus which infects fungus, allowing it to grow at 50+ degrees. Rous sarcoma virus (rsv): has cytopathic effect which forms transformation assays (foci). Polyomaviridae: an example of small (5kbps) ds dna virus that uses host dna-dependent rna polymerase. Jc virus: an example of a virus belonging to the family of polyomaviridae. Americans are infected with this virus, but our immune system usually gets rid of this virus. However, in immunocompromised individuals (e. g. hiv positive patients), they can develop degenerative brain diseases due to jcv. Jc stands for john cunningham, the first individual to be infected by jcv.
