Viruses

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Across
  1. 1. The capsid of a virus together with the viral genome contained within it.
  2. 5. a microscopic particle that can replicate only by infecting living cells.
  3. 6. a kind of virus that infects bacteria.
  4. 8. a cell that is infected by a virus.
  5. 10. to burst open.
  6. 12. retrovirus that causes AIDS
  7. 13. virus, bacteria, or fungus, that causes disease.
  8. 14. replicates phage genome without destroying host cell
  9. 15. use enzyme reverse transcriptase to copy RNA genome into DNA
Down
  1. 2. a protein coat surrounding a virus.
  2. 3. Proteins produced by the immune system to neutralize pathogens.
  3. 4. derivative of a pathogen used to stimulate the immune system to create immunity.
  4. 7. bacteriophage genome that has been inserted and integrated into a circular bacterial chromosome or which exists as an extrachromosomal plasmid inside the host bacterium
  5. 9. A lipid membrane derived from the host cell that cloaks the capsid in some viruses
  6. 11. Proteins with carbohydrates attached