Bacteriophage are viruses that specifically infect bacteria, residing in a dormant state in the host genome (lysogenic cycle) or hijacking the host cellular machinery for their own replication (lytic ...

A critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in dynamic detail using pioneering plant-based technology.

Accomplishing a feat that had been a pipe dream for decades, scientists have recreated in a test tube the first steps of infection by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that causes AIDS ...

The life cycle of Plasmodium species that infect mammals. Symptoms of malaria are caused by cycles of parasite multiplication inside erythrocytes. One cycle is initiated as a result of erythrocyte ...

Lytic cycle steps. The lytic cycle consists of five main steps, let's consider them in more detail. ... Due to the nature of infections, lytic phage do not alter the phenotype or genotype of the cells ...

Scientists at U of U Health have recreated in a test tube the first steps of infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS enabling identification of essential components the virus needs to replicate ...