Chapter 16 Flashcards: Prokaryotes: The First Single-Celled Creatures
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protein coat that encloses a virus genome
capsid
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a bacterial virus
phage
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enzyme of a retrovirus (such as HIV) that copies RNA genome into DNA
reverse transcriptase
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a virus that has a RNA genome and possesses the enzyme reverse transcriptase
retrovirus
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surface proteins whose subtype combinations are the basis for flu strains
H and N proteins