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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is a virus

OpenStudy (rzlearner):

A virus is basically a DNA in a box. It is composed of a protein coating with the head containing the dna. In order to replicate itself it injects its dna into a host cell.

OpenStudy (rzlearner):

:p look up lytic and lysogenic for information on the life cycles of a virus!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a virus is an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter) metabolically inert, infectious that replicates only within cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.

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