Across
- 5. RNA virus, such as HIV, with the reverse transcriptase in its core.
- 8. protein that can cause infection or disease.
- 9. microscopic prokaryotes most are beneficial to humans and the environment
- 12. prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan
- 13. dormant bacterial cell able to survive for long periods of time during extreme environmental conditions
Down
- 1. polysaccharide layer secreted around the cell wall by some prokaryotes that prevents the cell from drying out and helps the cell attach to environmental surfaces
- 2. form of reproduction used by some prokaryotes in which the prokaryotic cells attach to each other and exchange genetic material
- 3. ________ cycle - viral replication process in which viral DNA inserts inti the host cells chromosome.
- 4. ________ cycle - replicates the viral DNA or RNA
- 6. ________ fission - asexual form of reproduction used by some prokaryotes in which a cell divides into two genetically identical cells
- 7. an irregularly-shaped region within the cell of a prokaryote that contains all or most of the genetic material
- 10. outer protein layer that surrounds the genetic material of a virus
- 11. nonliving strand of genetic material that cannot replicate on its own, has a nucleic acid core, protein coat, and can invade cells and alter cellular function