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13 Cards in this Set
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CAPSID
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PROTEIN SHELL ENCLOSING THE VIRAL GENOME
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VIRAL ENVELOPES
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DERIVED FROM THE MEMBRANES OF THE HOST CELL
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PHAGES
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VIRUSES THAT INFECT BACTERIA
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HOST RANGE
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THE LIMITED RANGE OF HOST CELLS THAT EACH TYPE OF VIRUS CAN INFECT
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LYTIC CYCLE
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PHAGE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE THAT CULMINATES IN DEATH OF THE HOST CELL
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VIRULENT PHAGE
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REPRODUCES ONLY BY A LYTIC CYCLE
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LYSOGENIC CYCLE
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ALLOWS REPLICATION OF THE PHAGE GENOME WITHOUT DESTROYING THE HOST
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PROPHAGE
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A PHAGE GENOME THAT HAS BEEN INSERTED INTO A SPECIFIC SITE ON A BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME
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RETROVIRUS
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EQUIPPED WITH AN ENZYME CALLED *REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE, WHICH TRANSCRIBES AN RNA TEMPLATE INTO DNA
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PROVIRUS
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NEVER LEAVES THE HOST GENOME, REMAINING A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THE CELL
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VACCINE
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HARMLESS VARIANT OR DERIVATIVE OF A PATHOGEN THAT STIMULATES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO MOUNT DEFENSES AGAINST THE HARMFUL PATHOGEN
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VIROIDS
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PLANT PATHOGEN CONSISTING OF A MOLECULE OF NAKED, CIRCULAR RNA A FEW HUNDRED NUCLEOTIDES LONG
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PRIONS
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INFECTIOUS PROTEINS, PROPOGATE BY CONVERTING NORMAL PROTEINS INTO THE PRION VERSION
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