This technical definition explains the concept of computer viruses and how they work. Answers Buyer's Guides Definitions Essential Guides Opinions Photo Stories. This definition is part of our Essential Guide: Secure Web gateways, from. Once a virus has infected the host, it can infect other system software.

What is the typical reproduction cycle of a DNA virus? A typical virus has proteins on its capsid that bind to the outer membrane of the host cell. In the place where the virus attaches, viral proteins act to break the cell membrane and then the virus injects its DNA molecules into the host cell. Within the host cell, the viral DNA is transcripted and messenger RNA is produced. Viral mRNA is then translated and viral proteins are made. Viral polypeptides made within the host cell are cut by enzymes called proteases and then copies of the virus are assembled with the newly formed proteins. When the assembly of new viruses is complete, the cell membrane breaks and the viruses are released to the outside.

One sole infected cell can produce hundreds of viruses. • Virus Review - Image Diversity: Retroviruses. What are retroviruses? How do they reproduce and what is the role of the enzyme reverse transcriptase? Retroviruses are viruses whose genetic material is RNA. HIV and the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus are examples of retroviruses. These viruses inoculate their RNA into the host cell and, within that cell, viral RNA is reverse transcripted into DNA.

DNA made from viral RNA then controls the synthesis of viral proteins for the assembly of new viruses and the rupture of the host cell to releases them to the outside. The enzyme reverse transcriptase is the catalyst for the reverse transcription of RNA into DNA.

This enzyme is part of the virus and is also inoculated into the host cell. • Virus Review - Image Diversity.

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What is the basic structure of the HIV virus? What is the function of the glycoproteins in its envelope? HIV is an RNA virus. At its core, there are two strands of RNA and reverse transcriptase molecules. The core is covered by a capsid, which is a layer of proteins. The capsid is then covered by an envelope containing glycoproteins and lipids. The glycoproteins of the HIV envelope are located on the outer surface of the virus and they responsible for recognizing the cells to infect (the HIV host cell is the CD4 lymphocyte) and for attaching the virus to the cell membrane.