When Bacterial Genes Are Transferred To Another Bacterium By A Virus It Is Called
The process by which a virus transfers genetic material between 2 bacteria is called transduction. Read more by registering at... View Article
The process by which a virus transfers genetic material between 2 bacteria is called transduction. Read more by registering at... View Article
Both viruses and bacteria can inflict diseases which can easily become fatal without effective treatment. Read more by registering at... View Article
One of the first viruses to be discovered and studied was the Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Read more by registering at... View Article
According to research, herbal plants that contain components such as polyphenols, flavones, and alkaloids are thought to be effective at... View Article
Retroviruses are the exception to the Central Dogma as they are so primitive their genetic material is RNA. This is... View Article
Viruses can multiple (only within a host cell). Moreover, viruses also evolve and undergo natural selection just like other cell-based... View Article
Traditionally, viruses are not placed in any of the Kingdoms or domains of life. However, experts do hint at the... View Article
A Medicine which directly targets a virus is called an antiviral drug. However, antiviral drugs do not “kill” viruses, instead,... View Article
Viruses cannot replicate on their own, hence, they must find a host cell to replicate. Hence, the only goal of... View Article
Virus is a term that many of us are now unfortunately familiar with. Following are a few viruses which are... View Article
One of the very first viruses to be discovered and studied was the TMV or the Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Read... View Article
DNA viruses, as the name implies have DNA as their genetic material. On the other hand, RNA viruses have RNA... View Article
Urine does contain DNA, but it might not be feasible for extraction as the amount of DNA present is small... View Article
If two viruses (from different parent strains) infect the same host cell and interact during the replication process. The resultant... View Article
Pandoravirus salinus is the largest virus discovered to date. It has a genome length of 2473870, which corresponds to around 2500... View Article
A virus cannot be classified as a living organism as it does not meet all the required criteria for life.... View Article
Usually, viruses are no longer than 17 to 300 nm. For instance, the SARS-CoV-2 virions range between 50 nm to... View Article
The Central Dogma states that the flow of genetic information is from DNA to RNA to protein in all biological... View Article
Some primitive viruses, retroviruses and even prions do not follow the Central Dogma. However, these entities are not exactly classified... View Article
Viruses undergo natural selection similar to cell-based life forms. Hence, some of them might evolve rapidly. Furthermore, viruses can evolve... View Article