Viruses
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- 4. Virus that infects bacteria
- 5. The viral DNA that is embedded in the host cell's DNA
- 7. Process in which a virus enters a cell, makes a copy of itself, and causes the cell to burst (2 words no space)
- 9. particle made of nucleic acid, protein, and in some cases lipids, that can replicate only by infecting living cells
- 10. Usually referred to as the flu or grippe, this is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by certain strains of a particular virus
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- 1. Process by which a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replicated along with the host cell's DNA (2 words no space)
- 2. Disease-causing agent
- 3. Virus that contains RNA as its genetic information
- 6. A retrovirus that destroys white blood cells called helper T cells and causes the disease known as AIDS
- 8. Outer protein coat of a virus