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Viruses are not an organism at all. They are not alive. They are nonliving. They are like cockle burrs that "grab" hold of your clothing or a dog’s coat. They are hijackers. Once they get attached to the cell of a living cell, they can take it over and "make" the living cell produce virus particles instead of cell parts. These particles can assemble into more viruses and then they break out of the cell (killing it) and begin the process again. They cannot make more viruses on their own.
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Does a virus invade cells of people?
Yes
What do projections on a virus allow it to do?
They allow virus to fix to the host.They help to invade host.
How does a host living cell face with an enemy virus?
A virus and a cell have to have matching "docking" proteins for the virus to invade. Otherwise the virus is blocked.
How do the surface proteins of a virus help invade a cell?
The virus tries to match the recognition glycoprotein on the outside of the cell it is trying to invade, for docking purposes, or for entry purposes. Generally the membrane that covers this type of virus was taken from a cell it lysed on exit.
Is virus eukaryotic?
No, a virus is not a cell at all. It is neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic but can invade either in order to replicate itself. Viruses that invade prokaryotes are called bacteriophages.
What word has the same meaning as invade?
i would say that to occupy, raid, take over by force, have the same meanings as invade. health wise such as a virus or bacteria i would say to infect is the same as being invaded by bacteria/virus etc
Microscopic particle that invades a cell and often destroys it?
A virus is a microscopic being that can invade and destroy a cell. Viruses have some, but not all, of the characteristics of living things.
What type of virus invades bacteria?
Bacteriophages are viruses which invade bacteria. The word means "bacteria eater".
Most probable fate of a newly emerging virus that causes high mortality in its host?
A change in environmental conditions such as weather patterns quickly forces the new virus to invade new areas.
Why can't you grow viruses on agar plates?
because to reproduce a virus needs to invade a living cell. this can not be done without one
Why is it necessary for a virus to invade a living cell to make copies of itself?
Since viruses are nonliving they have to invade and hijack a living cells DNA to make more copies of itself. If it cannot do this it cannot make more copies of itself.
What does a virus do to a cell?
Well, first the virus "burrows" into it's host (The cell) then it regenerates and more viruses are born. Later, the host cell bursts open and more viruses invade other cells. ~Nick
