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1. Introduction
2. Viruses are: obligate intracellular parasites
3. Thousands of viruses have been identified
4. What are viruses made up of?
5. The chemical nature of virus genomes (1)
6. The chemical nature of virus genomes (2)
7. The size of virus genomes
8. The physical nature of virus genomes
9. David Baltimore
10. The Baltimore classification scheme for viruses (1)
11. The nature of virus genomes
12. The Baltimore classification scheme for viruses (2)
13. Key points
14. Molecular biology of viruses

Topics Covered

• Definition of a virus
• The chemical and physical nature of virus genomes
• The Baltimore classification scheme for viruses
• The control of transcription of gene viruses
• Reliance on host ribosomes
• Virus genome replication
• RNA virus genomes

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• Microbiology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Infectious Diseases

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Publication History

• Published on August 19, 2009
• Archived on May 28, 2025

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Andrew Easton has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.