Key Components of a Virus
Across
- 3. A structure lying between the capsid and envelope of a virus that convinces the host to make copies of its nucleic acid and proteins
- 5. A glycoprotein that protrudes from the envelope of some viruses and helps with entry of the virion
- 6. An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat
- 7. A chain of nucleotides, either DNA or RNA, that stores the information needed by cells to create proteins
- 8. The range of cells that can act as a host to a virus
- 10. Any infectious particle outside of a cell
Down
- 1. A type of virus that has an extra lipid membrane that comes from the original host cell
- 2. What is actually read by ribosomes in order to make a protein
- 4. Protein coat made of capsomere subunits that surrounds the viral nucleic acid
- 7. Nucleic acid + capsid
- 8. The organism that a virus uses to replicate itself
- 9. A type of virus that only has a nucleocapsid