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| protein shell that encloses a virus |
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| plasma membranes surrounding a capsid on a virus |
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| virus that only infects bacteria |
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| cells that a virus is capable of parasitizing, can be very broad or very specific |
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| viral reproductive cycle that culminates in death of the host cell |
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| virus that reproduces only by a lytic cycle |
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| replication of the viral genome without destroying the host |
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| virus capable of using both the lytic and lysogenic modes of reproduction (ex: lambda) |
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| viral DNA that has been incorporated by genetic recombination into a specific site on the host cell's chromosome - name specific to bacteriophages |
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| incorporation of viral DNA into the host's DNA- able to remain latent in this stage for a long time |
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| virus that uses RNA as a template to make DNA, which is later transcribed into mRNA for the synthesis of viral proteins (ex: HIV) |
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| enzyme that transcribes DNA from an RNA template, found in retroviruses |
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| human immunodeficiency virus, retrovirus |
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| parts of a pathogen that are injected into a person to stimulate their immune system to mount defenses faster upon exposure |
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| naked circular RNA that infect plants- do not code for proteins, but can replicate in host plant cells to disrupt plant metabolism |
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| infectious proteins; cause mad cow disease |
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| dense region of DNA in a bacteria, not bound by a membrane |
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| alteration of a bacterial cells' genotype by the uptake of naked, foreign DNA from the surrounding environment |
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| the transfer of bacterial DNA by a phage from one bacteria to another |
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| direct transfer of genetic material between two bacterial cells that are temporarily joined |
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| fertility factor; maleness or ability to form sex pili in bacteria is confered by this gene |
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| small, circular, self-replicating DNA molecule separate from the bacterial chromosome |
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| genetic element that can replicate either as a plasmic or as part of the bacterial chromosome |
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| plasmid that is carrying the F factor (F+) |
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| genese conferring resistance to antibiotics are carried on these plasmids |
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| piece of DNA that can move from one location to another in a cell's genome |
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| transposons that consist of only DNA necessary for the act of transposition (enzyme that catalyzes transposition) |
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| segment of DNA that acts as an on switch |
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| entire stretch of DNA required for a specific enzyme production in a metabolic pathway |
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| protein that can bind to the operator and turn it off |
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| gene that codes for the repressor protein, located away from the operon is suppresses |
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| small molecule that cooperates with a repressor protein to swith the operon off |
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| molecule that inactivates that repressor and allows for the operon to function and make the enzyme |
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