Across
- 4. a virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it
- 7. site a location on a cell surface where certain molecules, such as enzymes, neurotransmitters, or viruses, attach to interact with cellular components
- 8. a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.
- 9. a small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comblike plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans.
- 10. an active plant bug of a large family that includes numerous plant pests
Down
- 1. cycle the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane
- 2. Coat A coat of proteins surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
- 3. cycle a method by which a virus can replicate its DNA using a host cell
- 5. any of a group of RNA viruses which insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate, e.g. HIV.
- 6. reproduction process by which a virus reproduces itself within a living organism