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Explain Influenza virus and what it is made up of.
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Influenza viruses are enveloped, single stranded RNA viruses
3 species |
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Explain "Minus Strand"
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*eight single stranded "minus strand" RNA molecules
The RNA does not directly code for proteins......instead a complementary RNA "the plus strand" is synthesized from the minus strand |
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Hemagglutinin is HA
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the protein a virus uses to bind to a host cell
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Neuraminidase
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cleaves NANA from glyco proteins which enable the virus to ecape from the cell
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NANA
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Binding to NANA causes the virsl envelope to fuse with the cell membrane leading to endocytosis.
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