Viruses and Prions

Question 1

Capsid

Answer 1

Protein coat covering viral genome

Question 2

Viral genome

Answer 2

Single nucleotide molecule; Either DNA or RNA

Question 3

Lytic cycle

Answer 3

Viral reproduction that multiplies the virus and breaks open the host cell

Question 4

Lysogenic cycle

Answer 4

Viral reproduction in which the genome enters the host cells chromosomes and does not destroy the cell

Question 5

Prophage

Answer 5

Viral DNA in the lysogenic cycle

Question 6

Viruses in animals

Answer 6

Outer membrane, glycoprotein spikes, and typically RNA genome

Question 7

RNA replication

Answer 7

RNA replicated by viral enzymes to spread genome and create more viruses

Question 8

Leaving the cell

Answer 8

Viruses leave by taking the host cells membrane

Question 9

Plant viruses must pass the…

Answer 9

Epidermis (first layers of cells)

Question 10

Plant viruses spread through…

Answer 10

Plasmodesmata (cytoplasmic connections between cell walls)

Question 11

Retrovirus

Answer 11

Virus that makes DNA from RNA

Question 12

Reverse transcriptase

Answer 12

Synthesizes DNA from RNA

Question 13

Prions

Answer 13

Infectous proteins

Question 14

What do prions do

Answer 14

They deform normal proteins and effect brain function