Viruses
Across
- 2. Lipid layer that surrounds some viruses, acquired from the host cell membrane during viral budding.
- 4. Type of nucleic acid that many viruses use as their genetic material.
- 5. A virus that infects and replicates within bacteria.
- 6. A virus that uses reverse transcriptase to transcribe its RNA into DNA.
- 8. Stage of virus life cycle where new viral particles are put together.
- 10. Process by which cells absorb molecules by engulfing them, a method used by some viruses to enter cells.
Down
- 1. Enzyme used by retroviruses to make DNA from RNA. (Note: This can be split into two words if needed for crossword structure.)
- 3. First step in viral infection, the virus binds to specific receptors on the host cell.
- 7. Protein shell of a virus that encases its genetic material.
- 9. Type of viral replication cycle resulting in the destruction of the host cell.