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poxviridae
double-stranded DNA viruses including:
1) vaccinia virus
2) variola virus
3) smallpox virus
4) Orf virus
5) molluscum contagiosum virus
Pathology:
- poxviruses appear to inhibit apoptosis by producing an inhibitor of the death effector caspase-1 (ICE)
Specific
cowpox virus
Molluscum contagiosum virus
orthopoxvirus
parapoxvirus
General
DNA virus
Figures/Diagrams
Diseases Associated with Inhibition of Apoptosis
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
DOUBLE-STRANDED
CIRCULAR
GENOME-SIZE: 130-280 kB
ENVELOPE: PRESENT
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: COMPLEXITY
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1066-67
- Thompson CB.
Apoptosis in the pathogenesis and treatment of disease.
Science. 1995 Mar 10;267(5203):1456-62. Review.
PMID: 7878464