How does a virus enter/infect a host cell? *

It produces enzymes that helps it break through the cell membrane

It produces a specific surface protein that allows it to anchor onto a receptor on the host cell and enter

It releases its genetic material (either RNA or DNA) that is small enough to cross the cell membrane

It can only enter through cell membranes that have been partially damaged by the virus

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