Competition between virus and host cells (IMAGE)

Hubrecht Institute

Competition between virus and host cells

Caption

Live-capture of virus infected cells. After infection of a host cell, a virus tries to replicate (green dots), and tries to prevent the host cell from interfering with viral replication by attacking the host cell's nucleus (blue) and shutting-down protein production of the host cell (red).

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Sanne Boersma © Hubrecht Institute

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