NATS 1610 Lecture Notes - Reverse Transcriptase, Lytic Cycle
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The living body and life thursday september 26, 2013. Definition of life: the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms. Being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction the power to adapt to the environment through changes originating internally. The sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, especially metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaption to environment. Living organisms contain molecular components such as: carbs, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins. Viruses increase their numbers and evolve into new forms-by using host cells to do all the work . When inside a host cell (an infected cell: viral genetic material (nucleic acid) is released from virus, host cell processes the viral genetic material, producing more viral nucleic acid and proteins, which later assemble into new virus particles. Viruses sit on the surface of the cell and injects genetic material into cell.
