Virus Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Virus | a pathogen that carries a strong disease |
| Lytic Cycle | cycle of viral infection; results in replication of virus and cell destruction |
| Lysogenic Cycle | cycle in which a viral genome replicates as a provirus without destroying the host cell |
| Enveloped Virus | virus with an envelope |
| Antiviral Medication | a drug that stops a virus from reproducing and causing disease |
| DNA Virus | More stable virus that allows better success in fighting with a vaccine |
| RNA Virus | a virus that mutates often |
| Capsid | the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the virus that causes AIDS |
| Reverse Transcriptase | an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template |
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