Virus Sturcture
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icosahedral very stable
enveloped not very stable in environment
naked: durable protein coat, survive in enviroment
host cell synthesize protein for +RNA immediately
top: positive sense
middle: negative sense. Nucleic acid not translatable. Must be translated by RNA polymerase, flip 3' and 5' and flip base, strand now looks like +RNA
-RNA used to make +RNA genome
+RNA used to make -RNA genome
infectivity: whether or not genetic material can be infectious by itself
papilloma, polyoma, hepadena: circular DNA
parvo: smallest, single DNA
pox: largest, only one replicate in cytoplasm
corona: helical
