Lecture 17 Flashcards
1
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Bacteriophage/phage
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A virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it
2
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Capsid
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The protein she’ll of a virus particle that surrounds it’s nucleic acid
3
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Conjugation
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Is the direct transfer of DNA from one bacterial cell to another bacterial cell
4
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f factor
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A DNA sequence or plasmid that confers certain bacteria the ability to produce sex pilus for conjugation with other bacteria
5
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Generalized transduction
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Process by which any bacterial gene may be transferred to another bacterium via a bacteriophage and typically carries only bacterial DNA
6
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HIV
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A lentivirus that causes hiv infection and immunodeficiency syndrome
7
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AIDS
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A disease in which there is a severe loss of the body’s cellular immunity
