DNA Viruses
According to the Baltimore classification system for viruses, groups I and II are DNA viruses, which use DNA as their genetic material. The viral genome is composed of dsDNA (Group I) or ssDNA (Group II). This text explores how DNA viruses transcribe their genome to produce viral proteins, how DNA viruses replicate their genome, and examples of DNA viruses that cause disease in humans.
Topics
- (−)ssRNA
- (+)ssRNA
- adenovirus
- Baltimore classification
- Baltimore group
- bocavirus
- central dogma
- DdDP
- DdRP
- DNA virus
- DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
- DNA-dependent RNA polymerase
- dsDNA
- genome replication
- group I virus
- group II virus
- herpesvirus
- host cell machinery
- host cell
- negative sense
- negative-sense RNA
- papillomavirus
- parvovirus
- positive sense
- positive-sense RNA
- poxvirus
- ribosome
- ssDNA
- transcription
- translation
- viral classification
- viral DNA
- viral genome
- viral mRNA
- viral protein
- virus