Virus Vocabulary

3. cycle: results in the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane.
5. a virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it.
9. site: A molecular site or the docking port on the surface of, or within, a cell, usually involving proteins that are capable of recognizing and binding with specific molecules.
10. another term for mirid which is an active plant bug of a large family that includes numerous plant pests.

1. a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.
2. cycle: is characterized by integration of the bacteriophage nucleic acid into the host bacterium's genome or formation of a circular replicon in the bacterial cytoplasm.
4. any of a group of RNA viruses which insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate, e.g. HIV.
6. Coat : a coat of proteins surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus. Supplement. The protein coat is made up of protein subunits called capsomere. Additional layer of lipid molecules may envelope the protein coat
7. a small proteinaceous infectious disease-causing agent that is believed to be the smallest infectious particle.
8. reproduction: is the formation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells