Viruses

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Across
  1. 2. A virus without an envelope.
  2. 4. A very common shape for a virus’ capsid containing 20 sides.
  3. 7. The protective shell of a virus containing genetic material inside.
  4. 10. The process by which viruses infect a host cell, integrating its genetic material into the cell's genus, making the cell become dormant, and reproducing viruses as the cell reproduces; host cell doesn’t lyse; symptoms are not quick to show.
Down
  1. 1. Alternative word for viruses.
  2. 3. A protective layer surrounding a virus made up of lipids; the lipids come from the lipid bilayer of the host cell, acquired when the virus leaves the host cell.
  3. 5. The process by which viruses infect a host cell, taking control of it, and making the cell reproduce more viruses. At the end, the cell lysis because of the many viruses, causing for the viruses to leave the host cell and infect other cells; symptoms are quickly detected.
  4. 6. A specific type of virus that only infects and replicates within bacteria.
  5. 8. The organism a virus infects.
  6. 9. A tiny pathogen that isn’t alive, which infects living organisms to reproduce since it can’t reproduce on its own.