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Phage Genomics and Molecular Arsenal
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- 1. Mechanism describing phage tail penetration into bacterial envelope
- 2. Virus-mediated horizontal gene transfer mechanism
- 3. Scientist famous for evolutionary theories indirectly relevant to phage studies
- 6. Integrated viral elements within bacterial chromosomes
- 10. Describes the viral cycle ending in host cell destruction
- 11. Process by which phage DNA penetrates bacterial cytoplasm
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- 4. Virus specialized in infecting bacteria, literally 'bacteria eater'
- 5. Phage appendages determining host specificity
- 7. Pioneer scientist credited with early phage discovery (surname)
- 8. Dormant viral integration pathway in bacterial hosts
- 9. Phage genomes often include this mosaic assembly feature
- 12. Spectrum of bacterial strains susceptible to a given phage
- 13. Enzyme that cleaves bacterial cell walls during lysis
- 14. Bacterial surface structures recognized by phage proteins
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