viruses
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- 2. reproduction a lytic infection
- 4. site proteins typically found on the surface of cells, which are capable of recognizing and bonding to specific molecules.
- 7. a small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comblike plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans.
- 8. any of a group of RNA viruses which insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate
- 9. cycle viral reproduction, characterized by integration of the bacteriophage nucleic acid into the host bacterium's genome
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- 1. type of virus that infects bacteria.
- 2. 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.
- 3. Coat made up of protein subunits called capsomere.
- 5. cycle The lytic cycle results in the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane.
- 6. an active plant bug of a large family that includes numerous plants