Viruses, Viroids and Prions Part 1: Virus Structure

This term describes the dormant piece of viral DNA inserted into a bacterial chromosome during the lysogenic cycle of bacteriophage lambda.

What causes lysis of the host cell during the last phase of the bacteriophage lytic cycle?

What is the function of lysozyme carried by the bacteriophage?

True or False: During the replication cycle of the bacteriophage, the viral protein coat is transported into the cytoplasm of the cell.

This structure enables a virus to attach to a host cell.

This term describes the cell membrane-derived structure surrounding some viral species.

True or False: DNA viruses can have both double- and single-stranded species.

An obligate intracellular parasite

The proteins that make up the viral capsid are called

What does the term acellular mean?