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Viruses select cells to infect based on specific interactions between viral surface proteins and host cell receptors. This binding often requires a precise fit, akin to a lock and key, which determines the virus's host range and tissue tropism. Additionally, factors such as the presence of co-receptors, the cellular environment, and the immune status of the host can influence viral infection. Ultimately, these interactions dictate which cells are susceptible to viral entry and replication.
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What two ways that viruses do not act like living things?
They don't have their own metabolism and they can't reproduce on their own, two reasons for which they are obligatory parasites. They have to infect other cells with metabolisms to reproduce.
What refers to science of Viruses?
Virology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy. Virology is often considered a part of microbiology or of pathology.
What is the importance of virology?
Virology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents, including ways they infect and exploit host cells for purposes of reproduction. It is important because as more and more is learned about them, the greater are the chances that better ways to treat and cure viral invasions of the body will be developed.
Can a cold virus invade a muscle cell?
No, typically cold viruses infect cells in the respiratory tract, such as the nose and throat, not muscle cells. Muscle cells do not provide the necessary conditions for a cold virus to replicate and cause infection.
What viruses are stable and why?
Some viruses that are considered stable include hepatitis B virus and HIV. These viruses have stable genetic material (DNA for hepatitis B and RNA for HIV) and can persist in the body for long periods of time without losing their ability to replicate. Additionally, they have evolved mechanisms to escape the host immune response and have efficient ways to infect new cells.
What are 4 ways to classify viruses?
Viruses can be classified based on their genetic material (DNA or RNA), their morphology (shape and structure), their host range (types of organisms they infect), and their mode of transmission (how they spread between hosts).
What are two ways that viruses do not act like living things?
They don't have their own metabolism and they can't reproduce on their own, two reasons for which they are obligatory parasites. They have to infect other cells with metabolisms to reproduce.
Cells are the basic unit of life Viruses differ from cells in many key ways what is a feature of viruses but not cells?
One key feature of viruses that is not found in cells is the lack of a cellular structure or organelles. Viruses are composed of genetic material (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coat, whereas cells have a complex structure with membrane-bound organelles.
What do viruses do to your body?
Viruses affect the body in many ways. You have to name a specific virus and then somebody can answer it spcifically. Viruses in general can cause a lot of harm for your body and sometimes even kill you!! Next time just remember to state a specific virus and it will be very easy to answer that question. Bye!! Hope this was what you were looking for. From, A 5th grader in Kentucky Fried Chiken!
In what ways can amoeba can infect you?
in bad ways
How are cells and viruses are the same?
I'm pretty sure they are both a microscopic orgainism found in a human's body. Some viruses are single-celled organisms. They can be parasites that infect a host body in order to reproduce and increase in size which is what can make that host body sick. So a cell can be a virus because viruses can consist of only one cell. The only reason the virus would cause harm is because millions of them can be reproduced quickly asexually and completely invade a certain part/or all of the host body.
How are healthy genes transferred?
the two ways genes can be transferred into cells by using viruses and liposomes as vectors.
