Across
- 5. Name for the effects of a virus on the host cell
- 8. Experts estimate viruses cause 20% of the instances of this disease
- 9. A fully formed virus, able to infect
- 10. Virus-like genetic elements made of circular RNA inside bacteria
- 12. Areas of tissue where virus-infected cells have been destroyed
- 13. An infectious agent made of genetic material inside a protein shell that relies on hijacking cells for replication
- 15. Type of virus with RNA that converts in into DNA inside a host cell
Down
- 1. ___ cycle, describing when bacteriophages infect but remain dormant and don't destroy target cell
- 2. Type of virus that infects bacteria
- 3. Means "cancer-causing"
- 4. The protein coat/shell containing a virus's genetic material
- 6. Virus made of long protein fibril deposited in brain tissue
- 7. Common name for the bacterial gene editing system capable of eliminating HIV from human cells
- 11. The rupture of a cell's membrane, often caused by a virus once duplicated inside
- 14. Virus-like agent that affects plants, composed of naked strands of RNA