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Virus: Encyclopedia - Virus
A virus is a microscopic parasite that infects cells in biological organisms. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites; they can repr...
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Virus: Encyclopedia Ii - Virus - Replication
Because viruses are acellular and do not have their own metabolism, they must utilize the machinery and metabolism of the host to reprodu...
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Virus: Encyclopedia Ii - Virus - Lifeform Debate
A virus makes use of existing host enzymes and other molecules of a host cell to create more virus particles (virions). Some viruses enco...
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Virus: Encyclopedia Ii - Virus - Study And Applications
Virus - Exploring basic cellular processes.
Viruses are important to the study of molecular and cellular biology because they provide s...
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Virus: Encyclopedia Ii - Virus - Etymology
The word is from the Latin virus referring to poison and other noxious things, first loaned into English in 1392. Virulent, from Latin vi...
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Virus: Encyclopedia Ii - Virus - Human Viral Diseases
Examples of diseases caused by viruses include the common cold, which is caused by any one of a variety of related viruses; smallpox; AID...
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Virus: Encyclopedia Ii - Virus - Origins And Beginnings
The origins of viruses are not entirely clear and there may not be a single mechanism that can account for all viruses. Some of the small...
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