Month: June 2022

Study questions for Topic 3 (Structure of viruses) Structure of viruses What are the functions of virion proteins? What does it mean to say that viral capsids are metastable? Know…

Study questions (All topics) What were some of the important events in the development of virology as an independent science? Who contributed the critical ideas and experimental evidence that led…

Study questions Topic 4 (Virus genomes) Genomes and genetics How many genome types are known? Be able to name all of them, including a representative virus for each. The genome…

Study questions Topic 7-3 (The biology of replication of viruses) General questions How is virus replication different from cell division? Which cellular organelles or processes are utilized by viruses? What…

Study questions Topic 1 (Introduction to virology) What is a virus? What are the two facts that provide an underlying simplicity and order to viruses? A viral genome must make…

Study questions Topic 11 (Immune responses to viral infections) Host defense What constitutes intrinsic defenses? How does the innate defense system recognize that a cell is infected with a virus?…

Study Questions for Topic 8 (Viral infections and Pathogenesis) Infection basics What is an inapparent infection? What is an example? Name five routes of viral entry into the body. Can…

Topic 7: The Biology of Replication of Viruses Transcription and RNA processing What is transcription? What are the generic steps in this process? What happens to RNA transcripts? What are…