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Pearson Ch. 19 - Viruses

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Ch 19: Viruses Overview: A Borrowed Life Viruses called bacteriophages can infect and set in motion a genetic takeover of bacteria, such as Escherichia coli Viruses lead ?a kind of borrowed life? between life-forms and chemicals The origins of molecular biology lie in early studies of viruses that infect bacteria Concept 19.1: A virus consists of a nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat The Discovery of Viruses: Scientific Inquiry Tobacco mosaic disease stunts growth of tobacco plants and gives their leaves a mosaic coloration In the late 1800s, researchers hypothesized that a particle smaller than bacteria caused the disease In 1935, Wendell Stanley confirmed this hypothesis by crystallizing the infectious particle,now known as tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)

Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria

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Chapter 18: Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria Concept 18.2 is not required knowledge for the AP Exam and has been intentionally omitted. Overview: Microbial Model Systems viruses called bacteriophages can infect and set in motion a genetic takeover of bacteria E. coli and its viruses are called model systems because of their frequent use by researches in studies that reveal broad biological principles beyond their value as model systems, viruses and bacteria have unique genetic mechanisms that are interesting in their own right bacteria are prokaryotes with cells much smaller and more simply organized than those of eukaryotes viruses are smaller and simpler still Concept 18.1: A virus has a genome but can reproduce only within a host cell

Chapter 19 Viruses

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Viruses Chapter 19 Wow Are they alive???? Viruses are little more than genes packed into protein coats They lack the structures and metabolic activity found in most cells But they infect a host Cause a variety of diseases And can kill So it would be better to say they are in a nebulous state Not alive, not dead But instead living a borrowed life Structure Unlike bacteria Viruses cannot be cultured in media They need a host Not just nutrients The first isolated virus Was Tobacco Mosaic Virus Many viruses are smaller than a ribosome Millions can fit on a pin head Many viruses do not have the typical genome They can have double stranded DNA Single stranded DNA Single stranded RNA Double stranded RNA Can be called a DNA or RNA virus Depending on what it has
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