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section3 --Viruses

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particles of nucleic acid and protein and in some cases lipids that can reproduce only by infection living cells   virus  
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virus's outer protein coat   capsid  
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true/false viruses are usually highly specific to the cells they infect   true  
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viruses that infect bacteria   bacteriophages  
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in a ________ infection, a virus enters a cell, makes copies of itself, and causes the cell to bursts   lytic  
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process where the host cell is lysed and destroyed   lytic infection  
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where the host cell makes copies of the virus indefinitely   lysogenic infection  
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in a __________ infection, a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replicated along with the host cells DNA   lysogenic  
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unlike _______ viruses, ________ viruses do not lyse the host cell right away   lytic, lysogenic  
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name some diseases viruses cause in humans   polio, influenza, measels, AIDS, mumps, yellow fever, rabies, and a cold  
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what is the best way to protect against viruses   prevention, often with vaccines  
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viruses that contain RNA as their genetic information   retroviruses  
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viruses called _________ cause cancer in animals   oncogenic  
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protein infectious particles, contain no RNA or DNA   prions  
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