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AP Bio Chapter 18

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Capsid   the protein shell that encloses the viral genome  
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viral envelopes   membranes cloaking the capsid  
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bacteriophages or phages   bacterial viruses  
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host range   when each type of virus can infect and parasitize only a limited range of host cells  
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lytic cycle   a viral reproductive cycle that culminates in death of the host cell  
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virulent virus   a virus that reproduces only by a lytic cycle  
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lysogenic cycle   replicates the viral genome without destroying the host  
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temperate viruses   viruses that are capable of using both modes of reproducing within bacteria  
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prophage   a phage genome that has been inserted into a specific site on the bacterial chromosome  
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virul envelope   helps the parasite enter the host cell, generally a lipid i-layer with glycoproteins protruding from the outer surface  
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provirus   when the dna of some viruses become integrated into the cell's genome, similar to a bacterial prophage  
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RNA as a viral genetic material   RNA viruses are classified according to the strandedness of their RNA and how it functions in a host cell  
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retroviruses   when the genetic information flows in the reverse direction  
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reverse transcriptase   an enzyme which transcribes DNA from an RNA template, RNA-->DNA  
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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)& AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome   a retro virus  
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vaccines   harmless variants or derivatives of pathogenic microbes that stimulate the immune system to mount against defences against the actual pathogen  
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viroids   naked circular RNA that infects plants  
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prions   infectious proteins  
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nucleoid   dense region of DNA not bounded by a membrane  
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transformation   the alteration og a bacterial cell's genotype by the uptake of naked foreign DNA from the surrounding environment  
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transduction   DNA transfer process when phages carry bacterial genes from one host cell to another, 2 types: General & Specialized  
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conjugation   the direct transfer of genetic material between two bacterial cells that are temporarily joined  
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F Factor   a fertility factor in bacteria, a DNA segment that confers the ability to form pili for cojugation and associated functionrequired for the transfer of DNA from donor to recipient. may exist as a plasmid or intergrated into the bacterial chromosome  
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plasmid   a small circular selfreplicating DNA molecule separate from bacterial chromosomes  
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episome   a genetic element that can replicate either as a plasmid or as part of the bacterial chromosome  
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F plasmid   the F factor in its plasmid form which consists of 25 genes, most required for the production of sex pili  
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R plasmids   the genes referring to resistance  
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transposon   a piece of genetic DNA that can move from one loction to another in a cell's genome  
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insertion sequence   the simplest bacterial teasposon consisting of only the DNA necessary for the act of transpsition  
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operator   a segment of DNA that controls the access of RNA polymerase to the genes  
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operon   the entire stretch of DNA required for enzyme production for the tryptophan pathway  
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repressor   switch that with the help of a protein turns on and off the operon  
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regulatory gene   the repressor product of a gene  
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corepressor   a small molecule that cooperates with a repressor protein to switch an operon off  
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inducer   a specific small moleculethat inactivates the repressor  
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cyclic AMP (cAMP)   a small molecule which accumulates when glucose is absent  
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cAMP receptor protein (CRP)   the regulatory protein that is the activator of transcription  
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