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What is the primary location of replication for most DNA viruses in eukaryotic cells?

Mitochondria

Endoplasmic reticulum

Nucleus (correct)

Cytoplasm

What is the term for cells that a virus can use to replicate?

Susceptible

Permissive (correct)

Responsive

Receptive

What is the outcome of a virulent phage infecting a bacterial cell?

The phage becomes part of the host chromosome

The cell dies through cell lysis (correct)

The phage is unable to replicate

The cell continues to reproduce normally

In which part of the cell do bacteriophages replicate?

Cytoplasm Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the phage replicative cycle that culminates in the death of the host?

Lytic cycle Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a virus that infects a bacteria and produces new virions?

Productive virus Signup and view all the answers

How do viruses recognize host cells?

Through a 'lock and key' fit between proteins Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a lytic cycle in a host cell?

The cell dies and releases the viral products Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the viral capsid during entry into a host cell?

It is degraded and releases the nucleic acid Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the viral genome during biosynthesis?

It commandeers the host cell to copy viral nucleic acid Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a lysogenic cycle in a host cell?

The cell divides and passes the virus to its daughter cells Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the bacteriophage DNA incorporated into the host cell genome?

Prophage Signup and view all the answers