How Viruses Reproduce

Question 1

plasmid

Answer 1

small, circular piece of DNA that codes for a specific characteristic of the bacterial phenotype

Question 2

vector

Answer 2

living organisms or environmental factors which transmit pathogens from one host to another

Question 3

provirus

Answer 3

the DNA that is inserted into the host cell during the lysogenic pathway of reproduction in viruses

Question 4

latent

Answer 4

the state of the non-virulent virus within the host cell

Question 5

lysogeny

Answer 5

the period when a virus is part of the reproducing host cell but does not affect the host adversely

Question 6

retrovirus

Answer 6

a type of RNA virus that controls the production of DNA corresponding to the viral RNA and inserts it into the host cell DNA

Question 7

exocytosis

Answer 7

the energy-requiring process by which a vesicle fuses with the cell surface membrane so the contents are released to the outside of the cell