Articles related to "Viral Genome"

Viral genomes might be small, but, as dsDNA, ssDNA, dsRNA or SS RNA, they show much more variation in form than is found in the genetic material of living cells.

The genetic material of a virus can be either DNA or RNA, and if it is single-stranded RNA, the biologist must then make sense of the type of strand.

Bacteria are living cells with DNA genomes that direct the production of enzymes required for metabolism. Viruses are not alive. What does the viral genome do?

Bacteriophages are a special type of virus that exclusively infects bacterial cells. Here's how they recognize, take over and ultimately kill their host bacteria.

All living things are composed of one or more cells. Unlike cells, viruses, viroids and prions are acellular, nonliving parasites that require a living host to reproduce.

Even as students return to school and share germs, specific testing for H1N1 has been suspended. Are public health experts overlooking an emerging and ominous problem?

Although they appear to behave as living things, viruses, viroids and prions are nonliving particles. Read on and discover more about these 'smart' parasites.

Viruses are not living cells, but efficient parasites that commandeer living cells and turn them into virus factories. Learn how these nonliving particles act so smart.

Bacteriophages reproduce by commandeering a bacterium and ultimately killing it. But sometimes, through lysogeny, the phage doesn't immediately take over its host.

Bacteriophages are a particular type of virus that infects only bacterial cells. Ultimately the virus kills its host, but sometimes it first becomes a hidden prophage.

Infectious disease can result of cellular organisms, such as bacteria (prokaryotes), from eukaryotes (cells like ours) or from nonliving infectious agents.

The genetic blueprint of every human contains a significant amount of DNA that is not actually human. Dormant fossil viruses have infiltrated our genome.

Swine flu, H1N1, bird flu, H5N1, type A influenza - these are five terms used to describe the various strains of a single virus, but what is the difference?

Retroviruses are a diverse group of RNA-containing viruses that contribute to several human diseases. They may one day be exploited to cure illnesses, too.

As pandemic H1N1 sweeps through schools, communities, and countries, it is beginning to reveal its adaptability: Mutations may render drugs like Tamiflu less useful.

The herpes family of viruses enter a latent (silent) phase of infection following initial infection, but can be reactivated resulting in recurrent infection.

The H1N1 influenza pandemic that is spanning the globe is not unusual in human history. Influenza constantly changes its coat to evade immune defenses.

Bacteria and viruses are both tiny infectious agents with the ability to cause disease. So it is not surprising that these microbes are sometimes mistaken as the same.

NNVC is a development stage company that is creating special purpose nanomaterials for anti-viral therapy that may hold the cure for Influenza, Bird Flu, HIV and AIDS.