Viral Vectors 101: What is a Virus (and a Viral Vector)?
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Aug. 18, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
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Viral genomes and replication
When it comes to replication, viruses tend to march to the ...methods of replication. In fact, an entire classification scheme, known as the Baltimore replication classes...developed around how they replicate (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Baltimore replication classes. Image credit: ...an intermediary DNA replication step between DNA and mRNA. DNA genome replication can involve an RNA or...cell. The cell then uses its own machinery to replicate the viral genome and proteins. This is, for the...before being translated into proteins. RNA viruses replicate their genomes using a variety of RNA or DNA intermediaries... bacteria and eukaryotes, which use a binary replication process whereby one cell copies itself and “splits...