Chapter 19 Crossword

3. The integrated viral DNA in a lysogenic bacterium.
6. Bacterial defenders that are basically tiny molecular scissors for viral DNA.
11. A virus truly needs host's enzymes, ribosomes, and ATP because it's an ____ intracellular parasite.
13. RNA Virus. HIV is an example
14. The protein shell of a virus.
17. A localized viral outbreak, like a bad party that only some people got invited to.
19. A viral lifestyle where the host cell becomes a viral sleeper agent.

1. Infectious agents made of nucleic acid and protein.
2. When a virus throws a destructive party, bursting the host cell.
4. The enzyme star reversing the flow of genetic information, converting RNA to DNA.
5. Outside coating of many mammalian viruses, derived from the host cell's membrane
7. phage that knows how to chill out and not immediately destroy its host.
8. Viruses can have DNA or RNA, single or double stranded.
9. Viruses that exclusively target bacteria.
10. When a viral party goes global, everyone's on the guest list.
12. A bacterial “immune system” component that keeps a memory of past viral invaders.
15. Drugs that kill bacteria, but ineffective against viral infections.
16. Phages that are flexible, using both lytic and lysogenic pathways.
18. Misfolded proteins that can cause other proteins to misfold, a truly weird infection.