Chapter 21 Vocab: Viruses and Prokaryotes

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Across
  1. 1. Type of infection in which a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replcell'sd along with the host cells DNA.
  2. 2. Particles made of proteins, nucleic acids, and sometimes lipids that can replicate only by infecting living cells.
  3. 3. Bacteriophage DNA that is embedded in the bacterial hosts DNA.
  4. 6. Preparatiodiseaseeakened or killed pathogens used to produce immunity to a diseas.
  5. 7. A group of drugs used to block the growth and reproduction of bacterial pathogens.
  6. 8. Protein coat surrounding a virus
  7. 10. RNA virus that contains RNA of genetic information
  8. 11. Fission Type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells.
  9. 12. Structure produced by prokaryotes in unfavorable conditions; a thick internal wall that endoses the DNA and a portion of the cytoplasm.
Down
  1. 1. Type of infection in which a virus enters a cell, makes copies of itself, and causes the cell to burst.
  2. 4. Disease causing agents
  3. 5. Kind of virus that infects bacteria
  4. 8. Process in which some prokaryotes exchange genetic information.
  5. 9. Unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus