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viruses can infect bacteria as well as other organisms what does the virus inject into the bacterial cell
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viruses can infect bacteria as well as other organisms what does the virus inject into the bacterial cell

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the virus injects the genetic info. this can be RNA or DNA. retroviruses inject RNA. after injection, the host cell transcription/translation machinery is hijacked and starts making virus proteins from the viral genes.
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