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vocabulary ch. 20
vocabulary 20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Viruses | Are segments of nucleic acids contained in a protein coat |
| Pathogens | Agents that cause disease |
| Capsid | May contain either RNA or DNA, but not both |
| Envelope | Many viruses, such as the influenza virus |
| Glycoproteins | Which are proteins with attached carbohydrate molecules |
| Bacteriophages | Has a complicated structure |
| Lytic | In bacterial viruses, the cycle of viral infection, replication, and cell destruction |
| Provirus | Instead of producing virus particles, the viral gene is inserted into the host chromosome |
| Lysogenic | The viral genome replicates without destroying the host cell |
| Prions | Composed of proteins but have no nucleic acid |
| Viroid | A single strand of RNA that has no capsid |