Exam 2 Review

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Across
  1. 2. Cells can have up to 1,000 of these tiny-hairlike substances projecting from the surface that help with cell attachment
  2. 4. This physical agent creates abnormal bonds in DNA
  3. 7. Add rigidity to cell wall by attracting cations
  4. 9. Capable of surviving in high temperatures and acidic conditions
  5. 10. This structure helps viruses attach to a specific receptor on a host cell
  6. 12. A physical partition that forms to divide the bacterial cell during binary fission
  7. 13. RNA polymerase must find this region to start transcription
  8. 16. This occurs in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells where mRNA is formed
  9. 18. A meshlike polymer of repeating NAG & NAM in the cell wall
  10. 21. Start codon
  11. 22. These sequences are removed during RNA splicing
  12. 25. Cubical packets of eight
  13. 26. Complete virus particle
  14. 27. This antibiotic breaks down peptidoglycan
  15. 30. Enveloped and non-enveloped viruses can use this mechanism to gain entry into the host cell
  16. 32. Technique for DNA amplification
  17. 33. The influenza virus leaves the host cell through
  18. 34. This structure provides a protective advantage for microbes from phagocytosis and desiccation
  19. 35. COVID spike glycoprotein
Down
  1. 1. This bacteria structure helps the cell maintain buoyancy in the ocean
  2. 3. The S-layer is the major component in the cell wall for these types of microbes
  3. 5. When the stop codon is read this compound binds into the A site
  4. 6. Tiny grappling hooks
  5. 8. This genetic disorder is an x-linked recessive phenotype expressed in males
  6. 10. COVID-19 release mechanism
  7. 11. An organized profile of a human’s chromosomes
  8. 14. Most cancers are from this type of mutations
  9. 15. Bacteriophages have this type of capsid symmetry
  10. 17. Plasma membrane, cell wall, capsule layer
  11. 19. Occurs at the ribosome where proteins are formed
  12. 20. Comma shaped rod
  13. 23. Lipopolysaccharides are found in this type of bacteria
  14. 24. The same number of chromosomes results in this cell division
  15. 25. A tight coil shaped bacteria
  16. 28. This genetic disorder is caused by a third copy of chromosome 21
  17. 29. Site of protein synthesis
  18. 31. Bacteria arranged in chains