Virus Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. reproduction the formation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells.
  2. 3. type of RNA virus that inserts a copy of its genome into the DNA of a host cell
  3. 4. virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea
  4. 6. biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease
  5. 8. virus enters the host cell, makes a copy of itself, and causes the cell to burst, or lyse.
  6. 9. Coat the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
  7. 10. an abnormal form of a normally harmless protein found in the brain that is responsible for a variety of fatal neurodegenerative diseases
Down
  1. 2. A bacteriophage virus infects a bacteria by injecting its DNA into the bacterial cytoplasm, or liquid space inside of the cell wall
  2. 5. site proteins typically found on the surface of cells, which are able to recognize and bond to specific messenger molecules.
  3. 7. the protein shell of a virus