https://agnosticweb.com/ An Agnostic's Brief Guide to the Universe en A virus inserts a tube in a bacterium to infect:-"Researchers have discovered a tube-shaped structure that forms temporarily in a certain type of virus to deliver its DNA during the infection process and then dissolves after its job is completed.-"The researchers discovered the mechanism in the phiX174 virus, which attacks E. coli bacteria. The virus, called a bacteriophage because it infects bacteria, is in a class of viruses that do not contain an obvious tail section for the transfer of its DNA into host cells."-
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]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=14532 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=14532 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:35:00 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell