Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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ISBN: 9781259616020
Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The differences and comparison between entry step in the reproductive cycle of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and phage λ (Lambda).

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Virus lies in the category of non-living entitiesascannot carry out their own reproduction. They can only produce more of their own kind by depending on the cellular machinery of host cells. The reproductive cycle of a majority of virusesconsists offive to six common steps. These are attachment, entry, integration, synthesis of the components of the virus, assembly of the virus, and its release.

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