The lytic cycle involves a virus injecting its genetic material into a host cell, taking over the host's cellular machinery to replicate itself. The virus then assembles into new viruses that ultimately burst out of the host cell, destroying it in the process. This cycle results in the production of multiple identical viruses ready to infect other cells.
Summarize the lytic cycle.
10.7A: The Lytic Life Cycle of Bacteriophages - Biology LibreTexts
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A virus copies its own genetic material and then splits its cell membranes in half to form two identical viruses.
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The viral DNA incorporates itself with the host cell’s and replicates whenever the host cell replicates itself.
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A virus lays eggs on the host cell’s protein coat, which then hatch and move on to infect other cells.
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A virus injects its genetic material into the host cell, copies itself using the host's structures and resources, and then forms new viruses that burst out of the host cell.
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