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microbiology exam 2

  1. virology
    the branch pf microbiology that is concerned with viruses and viral diseases
  2. viruses
    an infectious agent having a simple acellular organization with a protein coat and a nucleic acid genome, lacking independent metabolism and multiplying only within living host cells
  3. bacteriophage
    a virus that uses bacteria as its host; often called a phage
  4. phage
    same as bacteriophage
  5. virion
    a complete virus particle; at the simplest, it consists of a protein capsid surrounding a single acid molecule
  6. nucleocapsid
  7. capsid
  8. protomers
  9. enveloped viruses
  10. nonenveloped (naked) viruses
  11. helical capsids
  12. icosahedral capsids
  13. capsomers
  14. binal symmetry
  15. envelope
  16. spikes
  17. peplomers
  18. neuraminidase
  19. hemagglutinin
  20. segmented genomes
  21. receptors
  22. tropism
  23. virulent phage
  24. temperate phage
  25. lysogeny
  26. lysogens
  27. lysogenic bacteria
  28. induction
  29. lysogenic coversion
  30. cytopathic effects (CPEs)
  31. neoplasia
  32. anaplasia
  33. oncogens
  34. proto-oncogens
  35. oncoviruses
  36. tumor suppressor proteins
  37. hemagglutination assay
  38. plaque assay
  39. plaque-forming units (PFU)
  40. lethal dose (LD50 )
  41. infectious dose (ID50)
  42. viroids
  43. RNA silencing
  44. satellites
  45. prions
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Card Set
microbiology exam 2
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