Prophages and proviruses have been described as being similar to bacterial plasmids. How are prophages and proviruses similar to plasmids? How are they different from plasmids?

Why do some viruses replicate in some anatomical sites and not in others?  Name an example and the sites of replication

Which of the following statements accurately distinguishes between viruses, prokaryotic cells, and eukaryotic cells? Viruses are not cellular and require a host to replicate, prokaryotic cells lack a nucleus, and eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles Viruses, prokaryotic cells, and eukaryotic cells all contain a nucleus Viruses and prokaryotic cells are always unicellular, while eukaryotic cells are always multicellular Viruses do not contain organelles, while prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells do

Which statement is false regarding plasmids? Circular dsDNAs that reside in bacterial cells Replicate independently from host cell Encode no more than 1-2 genes that benefit the host cell Called episomes when they incorporate into the host cell genome Classified by what type of host cell they infect

Rhinovirus and the flaviviruses have a _________ RNA genome, which ___________________ bind in order for translation to occur. As with most viruses with such genomes, they produce a ________________ (type of peptide), which is cleaved in order to produce the individual viral proteins

Describe the lysogenic pathway of a virus.  How different is it from the lytic pathway?

describe F plasmid