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A way of replicating itself.
Viruses can not replicate themselves because they are, basically, genetic material covered in a protein capsid. So, they must enter a living cell, hijack the reproductive process of the cell and have the cell turn out copies of the viruses genetic material and protein capsid. Then the viruses manufactured in the cell causes lysis of the cell and the viruses emerge to infect more cells.
A simplified expexplanation of the lytic cycle.
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Cell in which a virus multiplies it self?
A virus replicates inside a host cell. For example 'Bacteriophase'
What is a virus called outside a host cell?
virus can't live outside host cell
Does the host cell usually benefit from having a virus?
The host cell does not benefit from having a virus. The virus usually kills it.
What directly provides sunlight to a virus?
A virus uses the host energy making organelles to produce its' energy requirements.
What does a virus do to its host cell?
virus want to the enzymes of their host cell for grow and reproduction so it take many enzymes which want o the host cell.
What is the cell that a virus infects?
Host Cell
How do you describe an active virus?
The virus attaches to the host cell, it takes over the functions of the host cell, and it eventually destroys it. If there was no host cell, the virus would die.
Cell in which a virus multiplies it self?
A virus replicates inside a host cell. For example 'Bacteriophase'
What is a virus called outside a host cell?
virus can't live outside host cell
What stage is it when a virus enters a host cell?
The virus enters the host cell in the penetration phase.
Does the host cell usually benefit from having a virus?
The host cell does not benefit from having a virus. The virus usually kills it.
What can a virus do without a host cell?
It can do nothing. It needs the host cell to make more virus particles.
What is a process that a virus can do in a host?
First the virus enters the host cell, then the virus' hereditary material come, then the host cells hereditary material becomes viral, then the host cell expands, and then it POPS!!!
Where does a virus multiplied?
Viruses can only multiply (reproduce) within a host cell. The type of host cell is dependent on the virus' host range.
What directly provides sunlight to a virus?
A virus uses the host energy making organelles to produce its' energy requirements.
The cell a virus lives on or in is called?
A virus will replicate within a host cell.
What is the cell in which a virus reproduces?
This is called a host cell. In the beginning, a virus will attach itself to the host cell and release its genetic material into it. This genetic material interferes with the host cell's enzymes which cause them to form parts in which will create a new virus.
