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Herpesviruses steal one cell’s protein, use it to infect another – Ars Technica – Burnie Online News

Without protein theft, the virus can’t get to the nucleus of nerve cells.

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Enlarge/ Herpes viruses getting ready to infect new cells.23 with 17 posters participatingOne of the defining features of viruses is that they rely on host proteins in order to reproduce. A host cell will often copy viral genes into RNAs and then translate……

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