General Life Cycle of Animal Cells

Question 1

1. Attachment

Answer 1

virus attaches to host cell membrane

Question 2

2. Penetration

Answer 2

virus enters host cell by endocytosis or fusion

Question 3

3. Uncoating

Answer 3

capsid removed by viral or host proteins

Question 4

4. Biosynthesis

Answer 4

infected host cell produces viral nucleic acid and viral proteins

Question 5

5. Maturation (assembly)

Answer 5

viral nucleic acids and viral proteins assemble into virus particle

Question 6

5. Release

Answer 6

virus escapes host cell by budding, exocytosis, or rupture