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Virusmeans
venomor
poisonous
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3. v In five kingdom classification virus does not exists because, it is not truse cell or
acellular moiety.
v It linked between living and non- living.
v Virus are non- cellular organism that are characterized by having a inert crystalline
structure outside the living cell.
v Size- 20 to 400nm
v Within the host cell they replicate themselves and form multiple copy.
v They were smaller than bacteria ,and this experiment performed by M.W.Beijerinek.
v Virus are obligate parasite( host is necessary for their survival).
Important points
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Ultrastructureof virus
• Structure- Made up of protein and genetic material
ØThe protein coat called capsid.
ØCapsid is made up of small subunit
known as Capsomere,Which is
arrange in helical or polyhedral
geometric form.
ØIn virus, genetic material is either
RNA or DNA
ØIt might be single stranded or
double stranded.
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5. LIFE CYCLE
Firstly, viruses are usually specific in the type of cells that they
infect(Every body has a pattern of protein on its surface called receptor).
The genetic material of the virus infecting the cell is DNA.
However, unlike the complex DNA found in the nucleus of a cell.
The DNA of a virus is relatively simple, and just contains the
information needed to manufacture new virus parts
Once inside the cell, the instruction in the DNA are
transcribed to RNA
The protein building machinery of the host cell then translates these instruction into the components of a new virus.When ready, they emerge from the
host cell often killing it in the process. Lifecycle continues…….
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TYPES OFVIRUS
Human
Immunodeficiency virus Hepatitis-B
Viral hepatitis
is an infection
that causes
liver
inflammation
and damage.
It is a unique
type of
retrovirus which
invadesT-helper
cells in host
body.
Adenovirus
This virus can
causes illness in
people of all age
any time of year.
Bacteriophage
This particular
virus that only
infect bacterial
cell and
reproduce inside
the cell.
Papilomavirus
Human
papillomavirus
is the most
common
sexually
transmitted
disease.