Viruses (BIO 202 Ch. 5)

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Across
  1. 5. Name for the effects of a virus on the host cell
  2. 8. Experts estimate viruses cause 20% of the instances of this disease
  3. 9. A fully formed virus, able to infect
  4. 10. Virus-like genetic elements made of circular RNA inside bacteria
  5. 12. Areas of tissue where virus-infected cells have been destroyed
  6. 13. An infectious agent made of genetic material inside a protein shell that relies on hijacking cells for replication
  7. 15. Type of virus with RNA that converts in into DNA inside a host cell
Down
  1. 1. ___ cycle, describing when bacteriophages infect but remain dormant and don't destroy target cell
  2. 2. Type of virus that infects bacteria
  3. 3. Means "cancer-causing"
  4. 4. The protein coat/shell containing a virus's genetic material
  5. 6. Virus made of long protein fibril deposited in brain tissue
  6. 7. Common name for the bacterial gene editing system capable of eliminating HIV from human cells
  7. 11. The rupture of a cell's membrane, often caused by a virus once duplicated inside
  8. 14. Virus-like agent that affects plants, composed of naked strands of RNA