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What do viruses use to destroy host cells after replication is complete?
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∙ 9y ago
The only way viruses can replicate ("reproduce") is to take over the cells of a living host.
Lyric Wintheiser
Abdullah Schuster
The only way viruses can replicate ("reproduce") is to take over the cells of a living host.
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∙ 8y agoA virus doesn't destroy the host cell's DNA. The virus depends on the cell's DNA to keep the cell functioning while the virus reproduces. The viruses that actually kill the cell only destroy the DNA indirectly. Once the structure of the cell is broken up in the process of death the DNA is exposed to the environment and breaks up also. However some viruses keep the cell alive and just bud off of it without killing it. A few viruses actually "hide" in the cell's DNA and get reproduced with it when the cell divides.
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∙ 13y agoThrough the process of the "Lytic Cycle" of viral reproduction, in most cases by splitting open the cell to release the newly created replicants of the virus. See the related questions below for more information about the lytic cycle.
A virus can either burst the host cell or cause it to stop working.
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∙ 11y agoIt is actually the other way around. A virus destroys a host cell after it has make the replicants of the virus. The cell will split open (lyse) when full of new virions which then get released to infect other cells.
Our immune systems can "destroy" a virus in a cell, but the cell itself does not do that. The immune system makes antibodies that fit the virus perfectly to block the way it would have attached to the cell to infect it. The antibody attaches to the virus to prevent its ability to attach to a cell.
See the related question below about the lytic cycle for more details about virus "reproduction".
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∙ 9y agoViruses use enzymes to destroy host cells after replication is complete.
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∙ 9y agoThe only way viruses can replicate ("reproduce") is to take over the cells of a living host.
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A virus doesn't destroy the host cell's DNA. The virus depends on the cell's DNA to keep the cell functioning while the virus reproduces. The viruses that actually kill the cell only destroy the DNA indirectly. Once the structure of the cell is broken up in the process of death the DNA is exposed to the environment and breaks up also. However some viruses keep the cell alive and just bud off of it without killing it. A few viruses actually "hide" in the cell's DNA and get reproduced with it when the cell divides.
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Why is an replication of DNA essential in al cells?
DNA replication is necessary as cells constantly divide.
Whats the difference about a virus and a cell?
Viruses are like cells except they destroy your immune system and take over your body and kill you.
Do all viruses posses a genome?
Viruses carry genetic material that they insert into our cells to make our cells stop doing what they normally do and start reproducing viruses, the genetic material is encoded with the information needed to reproduce that specific virus exactly.
Viruses live and breed in what cells?
viruses live and breed inside cells
List prokaryotic cells eukaryotic cells and viruses in order of increasing complexity?
viruses, prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells
Both viruses and cells are able to replicate their genetic material What is the main difference in their replication processes?
Viruses require host cells, whereas cells provide their own replication mechanisms.
Do red blood cells destroy viruses in your body?
No. Only white blood cells destroys pathogens, such as viruses.
How are viruses simliar to parasites?
They both destroy the cells that they attack.
What is the big difference between viruses and bacteria?
Viruses are replication parasites that can do nothing until they take over a living cell. Bacteria are living cells.
What are designer viruses used for?
this is used destroy cancer cells and leavethe good one unharmed
If bacteria are living cells how do they reproduce?
DNA Viruses: "The genome replication of most DNA viruses takes place in the [host] cell's nucleus." RNA Viruses: "Replication usually takes place in the cytoplasm." Of course, some viruses will differ from these generalizations.
What are some limitations of antibiotics?
One thing is that antibiotics cannot kill viruses, as viruses are DNA structures which enter the cells in your body in order to duplicate, however antibiotics cannot enter into the cells, and can therefore not stop the virus.
Do bacteria force living cell to make more bacteria?
No. Bacteria are not viruses and can not commander other cells in their replication,which is only simplistic fission.
How are white cells functioned?
White blood cells destroy bacteria and viruses found in your body by releasing enzymes and proteins to break down the foreign cells then consuming it.
What are the two methods of viruses replication?
The only way viruses can replicate is by parasitizing living cells and using the cell's mechanisms to replicate their genetic materials and protein components.
What cells do the cell theory apply to?
plants and animalsmulticellular organisms fungi
Why do viruses depend in host cells?
Viruses are composed of protein and DNA. The DNA encodes the protein as well as the DNA for the virus. Viruses depend on host cells because they are incapable of reproducing themselves. They enter the host cell and the viral DNA is inserted into the host DNA. The virus then "hijacks" the host cells replication machinery to make more viral protein and viral DNA.
