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Bacteriophage T4 virus
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How do viruses affect your DNA?
They inject their DNA which infuses with a cell's DNA and tells the cell to start creating more viruses.
Can viruses be grown in a lab on synthetic material yes or no?
Nope.Viruses can't reproduce by themselves, they have to inject their DNA into a living cell where it inserts itself into the hosts DNA to be...........................
Are there DNA viruses?
Most viruses have either RNA or DNA bound in a basic membrane. During infection, they will inject this into the host cell so that the host cell can read and use its own mechanisms to replicate the virus.
Why does a virus need the host cell?
Viruses do not have the capability to reproduce. They are simply a strand of DNA or RNA, inside a protein coat. They infect a host cell and hijack the host cell's reproductive faculty, creating more viruses.
Why does a virus not have both DNA and RNA?
Because it doesn't use it's DNA or RNA to function, it uses it to inject into a cell and switch the cell's instructions to its own so the cell will make more viruses. Cells have DNA and RNA to tell the cell what to do, but viruses just do it naturally. Viruses have no use for both.
Does a virus use sexual reproduction?
Viruses cannot reproduce themselves alone. They inject their DNA into living cells of a host organism. The virus cells use the host cells to develop themselves and leave the cell when ready. Viruses are not living, so they are dependent on a living organism for reproduction.
Can virus get a bacteria?
Yes- Bacterial viruses are called bacteriophages. Some examples are T4 and T7 phages. They are complex DNA viruses that attach themselves to the cell surface and then inject their DNA to the inside of the bacteria. Bacteria have enzymes called restriction enzymes that cleave DNA at specific sites called restriction sites. These enzymes are the bacterium's defense against phages.
What does bacteriophage inject into a cell?
A bacteriophage ("eater of bacteria") inject their DNA (or RNA) into the cell.
How the DNA arranged in bacteria-viruses and animals and why?
How the DNA arranged in bacteria-viruses and animals and why?
How does viruses classificate?
DNA and RNA viruses.
What do viruses do with their DNA?
viruses do replication with their DND
Can you kill yourself if you inject yourself with animsal DNA?
well it may develop into cancer if other DNA is mixed into your body's cell. but not inject anyway.
