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Viral Life Cycle

Topic

  • Microbiology
  • Viruses
  • Pathogens & Disease

Resource Type

  • Videos
  • Animations

Level

High School — AP/IB

Duration

00:01:08
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Description

This animation shows a single cycle of virus replication in a human cell.

Viruses can bind to receptors on the surface of a cell to infect it. Inside the cell, the viruses disassemble and replicate their genomes. The virus shown in this animation delivers its genome inside the cell nucleus to replicate. It then produces many virus particles that exit the cell.

This animation uses a simple two-dimensional schematic illustration to show virus replication. It is narrated by virus researcher Donald Ganem.

This animation is a clip from a 1999 Holiday Lecture Series, 2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace.

Key Terms

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), infection, progeny, receptor, replication, virus

Terms of Use

Please see the Terms of Use for information on how this resource can be used.

Accessibility Level (WCAG compliance)

Video files meet criteria. Spanish files meet criteria.

Version History

Date Published 02.04.99
Date Updated 06.02.20

NGSS (2013)

HS-LS1.A

AP Biology (2019)

IST-4

IB Biology (2016)

6.3

Vision and Change (2009)

CC2

Materials

Large (MOV) 2 MB
Large (WMV) 2 MB
Small (MOV) 2 MB
Small (WMV) 2 MB
Transcript (PDF) 11 KB
Spanish Dub (Español) (MP4) 21 MB
Transcript - Español (PDF) 178 KB

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