Viruses are not an organism at all. They are not alive. They are not cells. 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.
Both a living cell and a virus contain nucleic acid. The virus has a capsid, whereas a living cell does not.
The YEAST cell is by far the biggest cell out of a BACTERIUM and a VIRUS.... I know this 'cos it was on my science homework and 'cos i found it on another website which gave me the urge to put it here since the question hadn't been answered....x
The host cell does not benefit from having a virus. The virus usually kills it.
A virus replicates inside a host cell. For example 'Bacteriophase'
A virus is a relatively long molecule, not a cell.
No where. A virus is not a cell.
What a cell and a virus have in common is the RNA or DNA. The virus can be either a RNA virus or a DNA virus.
A virus.
Both a living cell and a virus contain nucleic acid. The virus has a capsid, whereas a living cell does not.
A virus does not have a metabolism. To reproduce, a virus takes control of a living cell, forcing the cell to make copies of the virus. All energy is provided by the cell.
It has no nucleus, though technically a virus is not a cell at all.
A virus will replicate within a host cell.
A virus and a cell have to have matching "docking" proteins for the virus to invade. Otherwise the virus is blocked.
A virus affects humans by invading a cell. The virus then forces the cell to produce viral material rather than cell material. This causes the cell to replicate the virus rather than itself.
a virus
A cell invaded by a virus is known as the 'host cell', as it 'hosted' the virus with shelter and food.
The YEAST cell is by far the biggest cell out of a BACTERIUM and a VIRUS.... I know this 'cos it was on my science homework and 'cos i found it on another website which gave me the urge to put it here since the question hadn't been answered....x