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Viruses that attack bacteria are known as ______________.

Bacteriophages

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What does it mean to metabolize? Do viruses metabolize?

Organisms metabolize if they take in chemicals and use them to make energy for themselves. Viruses do not do this.

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Which of the following cellular machinery gets hijacked by viruses? 1) Mitochondra 2) Cytoskeleton 3) Genome 4) Ribosomes 5) Enzymes

Everything on the list except the Mitochondria

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What chemicals can be used to create the genome of a virus?

DNA or RNA

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What are Retroviruses?

RNA Viruses that carry the enzyme Reversetranscriptase so they can integrate their genome into the host's DNA.

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A DNA virus, such as Adinovirus, will be able to immediately make copies of itself as long as it can get its DNA into a ___________.

An RNA Polymerase enzyme that it either brings with it or finds in the host's nucleus.

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How do viruses maintain homeostasis?

They don't. Viruses do not eat or sleep. The only thing they can do is maintain the size of their population. The size of the host population matters!

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What is a nucleic acid

Nucleic acids are chemicals such as DNA and RNA which act as the "blue prints" needed to make proteins.

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Why are viruses host specific?

Because they must have protein based spike projections that can fit into the specific receptors of cells.

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gp 120 is _________

A type of envelope protein

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How does a virus replicate?

It uses the host cell's organelles and enzymes for DNA transcription and RNA translation.

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The viral envelope for a flu virus is obtained by ______________

The virus breaking out of the host cell and stealing a piece of its cell membrane.

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The word "obligate" means.

You are required to do something. Viruses are obligated to have a host or else they cannot reproduce.

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