Little more than a small genome encased in protein, a virus can’t reproduce without help from the cell it may ultimately destroy. After attaching to the cell membrane, a virus slips inside the cell, then co-opts its transcription and replication machinery to reproduce. Some viruses, such as the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), enter a latent stage before they start to reproduce. During latency, the virus expresses its own genes, which help maintain the viral genome until replication begins.
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Virus Proteins Prevent Cell Suicide Long Enough to Establish Latent Infection. (2005). PLoS Biology, 3(12), e430. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030430
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