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Important words from Examkrackers MCAT Biology book, lecture 3

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What is a capsid?   show
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What is the envelope of an animal virus made of?   show
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show 1. Require host's reproductive machinary to reproduce 2. Don't metabolize organic nutrients 3. In active form they are not separated from their external environment 4. Only posses DNA or RNA (not both)  
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What is a lytic infection?   show
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What is the latent period?   show
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What is a virulent virus?   show
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What is a lyogenic infection?   show
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show A virus that follows the lysogenic cycle  
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What is a provirus?   show
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show A virus that has DNA that can be directly translated into proteins  
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show A virus that carries reverse transcriptase to create DNA from RNA  
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show A virus that contains RNA that is complement to mRNA and must be transcribed to plus-RNA to be translated  
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What is a vaccine?   show
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What are autotrophs?   show
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What are heterotrophs?   show
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What are phototrophs?   show
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What are chemotrophs?   show
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What are lithotrophs?   show
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What are organotrophs?   show
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show The process that converts nitrogen in ammonia  
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What is nitrification?   show
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What are cocci shaped bacteria?   show
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What are bacilli shaped bacteria?   show
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show Size and polarity  
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show Describes cytosol containing more particles than it's surrounding solution  
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show Describes cytosol containing lessparticles than it's surrounding solution  
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show A series of disaccharide polymer chains with amino acids  
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What is a gram-positive bacteria?   show
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What is binary fission?   show
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show A type of genetic recombination that requires a bacterium to have a plasmid with a gene that codes for sex pilus  
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