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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)

Chapter 17 Bio

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Chapter: 17 Viruses Overview: A Borrowed Life ? A virus is an infectious particle consisting of little more than genes packaged into a protein coat ? Viruses lead ?a kind of borrowed life?, existing in a shady area between life-forms and chemicals. ? Viruses called bacteriophages can infect and set in motion a genetic takeover of bacteria, such as Escherichia coli. ? A virus consists of a nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat. ? Virus lack the metabolic machinery found in a cell, thus they can?t reproduce or carry out metabolism. Concept 17.1 A virus consist of a nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat ? Virus smaller than a ribosome and even the largest virus is barely visible under light Microscope ? Some viruses can be crystalized
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