The dengue virus attaches to the surface of a host cell and enters the cell by a process called endocytosis. Once deep inside the cell, the virus fuses with the endosomal membrane and is released ...

In some cases, the virus also contains enzymes, such as polymerases and proteases, which are necessary for viral replication inside the cell. Some viruses also have a lipid envelope embedded with ...

The virus binds to that cell, slips inside and uses the cell's machinery ... Because the genome is so large, many mutations could occur during replication that would cripple the virus, but SARS ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa recently discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ribosomes, the central engines in all cells that translate ...

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that can cause birth defects, including microcephaly, a condition in which head and brain size are significantly reduced at birth. The ...

The team then coated the inside of each shell with virus-binding substances such as antibodies. These shells can sandwich themselves together around viruses, encasing a viral particle more than 100 nm ...

"When viruses infect cells, they usually create specialized compartments—replication factories ... they also move inside the cell, exchanging materials with their surroundings." ...

Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells showe how changes in the viral polymerase -- a protein involved in viral ...

and infect cells. The work provides a detailed three-dimensional picture of the virus’s polymerase and its key features.

By dissecting the molecular interplay between the virus and its host, the researchers identified novel strategies that HIV-1 employs to ensure its replication ... on the host cell to translate ...