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What are the spikes on each HIV?
Because HIV is a virus. Viruses have spikes because it is their way of reproducing.
What are the spikes in an animal virus structure?
They are not spikes - they are arms. They use these 'arms' to catch other cells to mutate them or eat them.
What are the spikes and there function in a virus?
Spikes are proteins that are part of the viral capsid/envelope (depending on if the virus is a naked virus or not). It helps with attachment to the host cell. They are derived from their host cell's own proteins (but are not the same as their hosts), and can help in evading the host cell's defenses.
What is the function of spikes on a virus?
The function of spike proteins is to imitate a protein your cells take in to allow the virus access to the nucleus.
What are the two main functions of spikes on sponges?
To protect the sponge's body.
What is a virus that doesn't immediately effect a hosts cell functions?
Lysogenic virus.
When an enveloped virus adsorbs to the host cell with its protein spikes the virions are taken into the cell by the process of?
endocytosis
Which virus uses both boot-sector and executable functions?
A virus that uses both boot-sector and executable functions is a multipartite virus. This type of virus attacks a variety of platforms, and continually re-infects each platform until it is removed.
When a virus invades a living cell what takes over the cells functions?
The virus's genetic material.
What are Viruses that immediately take over a cell's functions called?
A virus the immediately takes over a cell's functions is an active virus. An active virus causes the host cell to make new viruses, destroying the host cell.
Which CMOS functions should be disabled when performing an operating system upgrade?
BIOS virus detection functions
Why is it difficult to classify virus?
because they can't carry out functions
