Herpesviruses
Genome:
- Double-stranded DNA genome
- DNA is linear in virion
- DNA circularizes upon entry into the nucleus of a cell.
- Viruses within the herpesviridae have genomes that:
- range in size from 150 - 230 kbp (many viruses kb).
- Encode 80 - 200 separate gene products.
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- These are complex viruses…………...
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