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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.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoA host has living cells and viruses such as spacecrafts inject their DNA into the cell, the DNA multiplies and more viruses come out and destroy the cell. This is called the lytic cycle.
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∙ 15y agofor energy and raw materials
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∙ 7y agobecasue it cant live on its own.
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What does a virus need in order to survive?
the virus needs a host cell. it invades the cell, and then makes the cell make more viruses, and then they burst out and destroy the cell that they came from, and they invade more cells, and its just one big chain. Then it starts to destroy the T cells
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.
Why is protein synthesis important for cells and viruses?
Protein synthesis is important for viruses because the virus forces the host cell to make proteins that the cell does not need, but the virus does to repoduce. Protein synthesis is important for cells because the proteins are essential for all cellular activites.
What requires a host cell to reproduce?
yes a virus need host cell to repriduce becouse it lack enzyme system
What is the cell that a virus infects?
Host Cell
Need by a visrus in order to reprooduce?
a host cell so that the virus is able to use the host's cell machinery to replicate
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.
Why does a virus need energy?
Viruses do not directly need energy. The virus takes control of the host cell in order to replicate. The host cell's own metabolic machinery is used to synthesize the components of new viruses. The virus itself is passive.
What does a virus need in order to survive?
the virus needs a host cell. it invades the cell, and then makes the cell make more viruses, and then they burst out and destroy the cell that they came from, and they invade more cells, and its just one big chain. Then it starts to destroy the T cells
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.
Why is protein synthesis important for cells and viruses?
Protein synthesis is important for viruses because the virus forces the host cell to make proteins that the cell does not need, but the virus does to repoduce. Protein synthesis is important for cells because the proteins are essential for all cellular activites.
What can a virus do without a host cell?
It can do nothing. It needs the host cell to make more virus particles.
