A chickenpox virus invaded a cell. Inside, the viral genes were expressed and the viral genetic information was transcribed and translated into viral capsid proteins.
What happens when a cell transcribes a viral gene?

Question

A chickenpox virus invaded a cell. Inside, the viral genes were expressed and the viral genetic information was transcribed and translated into viral capsid proteins.
What happens when a cell transcribes a viral gene?

anonymous · Answer

Host cell translates the viral gene. Once the host cell transcribes a viral gene, the RNA is formed. 
The RNA is then translated in order to give us the viral proteins essential for the replication of the virus 
So the answer is when a cell transcribes a viral gene, the host cell then translates it.