Question Set: Classes of Virus
Use this question set to review concepts that are related to the Baltimore classification scheme, which is the most commonly used system of virus classification. It groups viruses according to how viral messenger RNA (mRNA) is produced. There are 7 Baltimore groups, which are numbered with Roman numerals (I to VII). To learn more about the individual Baltimore groups, visit the DNA Viruses, RNA Viruses, and Reverse-Transcribing Viruses texts.
Topics
- (+)ssRNA genome
- (−)ssRNA genome
- Baltimore classification
- Baltimore group
- canine parvovirus
- CPV
- DdDP
- DdRP
- DNA virus
- DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
- DNA-dependent RNA polymerase
- double-stranded DNA
- double-stranded RNA
- dsDNA genome
- dsRNA genome
- group I virus
- group II virus
- group III virus
- group V virus
- group VI virus
- group VI virus
- group VII virus
- measles virus
- mRNA synthesis
- MV
- negative sense
- positive sense
- provirus
- RdRP
- reverse transcription
- reverse-transcribing virus
- RNA genome
- RNA virus
- RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
- single-stranded DNA
- single-stranded RNA
- ssDNA genome
- viral life cycle
- viral mRNA
- viral RNA synthesis