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48 Cards in this Set
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PROVIRUS
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VIRAL DNA THAT IS INTEGRATED INTO THE HOST CELL'S DNA
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ENDOCYTOSIS
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THE PROCESS BY WHICH MATERIAL IS MOVED INTO A EUKARYOTIC CELL
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ECLIPSE PERIOD
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THE TIME DURING VIRAL MULTIPLICATION WHEN COMPLETE, INFECTIVE VIRIONS ARE NOT PRESENT
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LYSOZYME
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AN ENZYME CAPABLE OF HYDROLYZING BACTERIAL CELL WALLS
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DIPLOID CELL LINE
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EUKARYOTIC CELLS GROWN IN VITRO
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CYTOPATHIC EFFECT (CPE)
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A VISIBLE EFFECT ON A HOST CELL, CAUSED BY A VIRUS, THAT MAY RESULT IN HOST CELL DAMAGE OR DEATH
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ONCOGENE
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A GENE THAT CAN BRING ABOUT MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION
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DIPLOID CELL
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A CELL HAVING TWO SETS OF CHROMOSOMES; DIPLOID IS THA NORMAL STATE OF A EUKARYOTIC CELL
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BURST SIZE
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THE NUMBER OF NEWLY SYNTHESIZED BACTERIOPHAGE PARTICLES RELEASED FROM A SINGLE CELL
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LYSOGENY
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A STATE IN WHICH PHAGE DNA IS INCORPORATED INTO THE HOST CELL WITHOUT LYSIS
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SARCOMA
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A CANCER OF FLESHY, NONEPITHELIAL TISSUE OR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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SLOW VIRAL INFECTION
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A DISEASE PROCESS THAT OCCURS GRADUALLY OVER A LONG PERIOD; ALSO CALLED PERSISTENT VIRAL INFECTION
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FUSION
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THE MERGING OF PLASMA MEMBRANES OF TWO DIFFERENT CELLS, RESULTING IN ONE CELL CONTAINING CYTOPLASM FROM BOTH ORIGINAL CELLS
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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER)
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A MEMBANOUS NETWORK IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS CONNECTING THE PLASMA MEMBRANE WITH THE NUCLEAR MEMBRANE
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COMPLEX VIRUS
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A VIRUS WITH A COMPLICATED STRUCTURE, SUCH AS A BACTERIOPHAGE
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VIROID
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INFECTIOUS RNA
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TUMOR-SPECIFIC TRANSPLANTATION ANTIGEN (TSTA)
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A VIRAL ANTIGEN ON THE SURFACE OF A TRANSFORMED CELL
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LYSOGENIC CYCLE
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STAGES IN VIRAL DEVELOPMENT THAT RESULT IN THE INCORPORATION OF VIRAL DNA INTO HOST DNA
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CAPSID
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THE PROTEIN COAT OF A VIRUS THAT SURROUNDS THE NUCLEIC ACID
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PRIMARY CELL LINE
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HUMAN TISSUE CELLS THAT GROW FOR ONLY A FEW GENERATIONS IN VITRO
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PRION
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AN INFECTIOUS AGENT CONSISTING OF A SELF-REPLICATING PROTEIN, WITH NO DETECTABLE NUCLEIC ACIDS
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VIRUS
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A SUBMICROSCOPIC, PARASITIC, FILTERABLE AGENT CONSISTING OF A NUCLEIC ACID SURROUNDED BY A PROTEIN COAT
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PROPHAGE
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PHAGE DNA INSERTED INTO THE HOST CELL'S DNA
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VIRION
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A COMPLETE, FULLY DEVELOPED VIRAL PARTICLE
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BUDDING
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(1) ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION BEGINNING AS A PROTUBERANCE FROM THE PARENT CELL THAT GROWS TO BECOME A DAUGHTER CELL (2) RELEASE OF AN ENVELOPTED VIRUS THROUGH THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF AN ANIMAL CELL
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LYSIS
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(1) DESTRUCTION OF A CELL BY THE RUPTURE OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CYTOPLASM (2) IN DISEASE, A GRADUAL PERIOD OF DECLINE
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ANTISENSE STRAND
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VIRAL RNA THAT CANNOT ACT AS mRNA
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PLAQUE-FORMING UNITS (PFU)
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VISIBLE VIRAL PLAQUES COUNTED
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CONTACT INHIBITION
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THE CESSATION OF ANIMAL CELL MOVEMENT AND DIVISION AS A RESULT OF CONTACT WITH OTHER CELLS
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ENVELOPE
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AN OUTER COVERING SURROUNDING THE CAPSID OF SOME VIRUSES
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HOST RANGE
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THE SPECTRUM OF SPECIES, STRAINS, OR CELL TYPES THAT A PATHOGEN CAN INFECT
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TRANSFORMATION
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(1) THE PROCESS IN WHICH GENES ARE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE BACTERIUM TO ANOTHER AS "NAKED" DNA IN SOLUTION (2) THE CHANGING OF A NORMAL CELL INTO A CANCEROUS CELL
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UNCOATING
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THE SEPARATION OF VIRAL NUCLEIC ACID FROM ITS PROTEIN COAT
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CONTINUOUS CELL LINE
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ANIMAL CELLS THAT CAN BE MAINTAINED THROUGH AN INDEFINITE NUMBER OF GENERATIONS IN VITRO
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SENSE STRAND (1 STRAND)
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VIRAL RNA THAT CAN ACT AS mRNA
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SPIKE
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A CARBOHYDRATE-PROTEIN COMPLEX THAT PROJECTS FROM THE SURFACE OF CERTAIN VIRUSES
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SPECIALIZED TRANSDUCTION
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THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING A PIECE OF CELL DNA ADJACENT TO A PROPHAGE TO ANOTHER CELL
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BURST TIME
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THE TIME REQUIRED FROM BACTERIOPHAGE ATTACHMENT TO RELEASE
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REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
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AN RNA-DEPENDENT DNA POLYMERASE; AN ENZYME THAT SYNTHESIZES A COMPLEMENTARY DNA FROM AN RNA TEMPLATE
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LATENT INFECTION
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A CONDITION IN WHICH A PATHOGEN REMAINS IN THE HOST FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT PRODUCING DISEASE
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VIRAL SPECIES
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A GROUP OF VIRUSES SHARING THE SAME GENETIC INFORMATION AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE
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CAPSOMERE
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A PROTEIN SUBUNIT OF A VIRAL CAPSID
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BACTERIOPHAGE (PHAGE)
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A VIRUS THAT INFECTS BACTERIAL CELLS
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T ANTIGEN
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AN ANTIGEN IN THE NUCLEUS OF A TUMOR CELL
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ONCOGENIC VIRUS
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A VIRUS THAT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TUMORS; ALSO CALLED ONCOVIRUS
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LYTIC CYCLE
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A MECHANISM OF PHAGE MULTIPLICATION THAT RESULTS IN HOST CELL LYSIS
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PLAQUE
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A CLEARING IN A BACTERIAL LAWN RESULTING FROM LYSIS BY PHAGES
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ADENOCARCINOMA
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CANCER OF GLANDULAR EPITHELIAL TISSUE
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