viruses Chapter 5
Across
- 4. the prions can be transmitted to humans
- 6. a disease that affects the central nervous system that causes degeneration and death
- 7. 1 to 3% of humans lack this, making them highly resistant to infections
- 11. 20% are known to cause cancer
- 12. "buffalo Hump", linked to use of enzymes inhibitors
- 13. used to eliminate HIV from human cells, bacterial editing system
- 15. damage to host cell by virus
- 16. range defines the types of cells it can infect
Down
- 1. affects the gene encoding of the protein itself
- 2. inhibits viral enzymes and propagation in HIV patient
- 3. external lipid membrane, commonly found on viruses that infected animal cells.
- 5. Most prominent in sewage and water environment, most contain double stranded DNA
- 8. external protein shell
- 9. composed of naked strands of RNA, lacking a capsid or any other type of coating
- 10. fully formed virus that is able to establish an infection in a host cell
- 14. areas of virus-infected cells have been destroyed