Virus Vocab

2. the protein shell of a virus, enclosing its genetic material.
6. cycle the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane.
8. Coat proteins surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus.
9. virus that inserts a copy of its RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades, thus changing the genome of that cell.
10. cycle one of two cycles of viral reproduction, integration of the bacteriophage nucleic acid into the host bacterium's genome.

1. reproduction the formation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells.
3. provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease.
4. site proteins typically found on the surface of cells, which are capable of recognizing and bonding to specific molecules.
5. a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea.
7. misfolded proteins with the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein.