unit 4- viruses Flashcards

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1
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are viruses in a kingdom

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no as they aren’t classified as living

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2
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how do they reproduce

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use the hosts cells to replicate but injecting their DNA into a cell

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3
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what can they affect

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living things

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4
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can they be useful

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yes eg. T4
can be used to deliberately infect and genetically beginner bacteria to produce different protein

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