Question

Observe: Use the navigation arrows on the DESCRIPTION tab to read about the stages of the lytic cycle. Using your own words, summarize each step of the cycle.

Answer 1

The lytic cycle has 6 stages: Attachment, penetration, transcription, synthesis, maturation, and lysis.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Attachment: is the first step of the lytic cycle, and it consists of the attachment of the virus to the host cell, which is the cell that the virus will infect.
2. Penetration: once that the virus is attached to the host cell, this penetrates the cell's membrane to introduce its DNA. When the virus DNA is inside the cell's DNA is destroyed.
3. Transcription: now the virus has all the machinery to reproduce itself. In other words, the cell starts the transcription of the virus's DNA.
4. Synthesis: the cell synthesizes the virus' DNA and proteins.
5. Maturation: in this process, the new virus is assembled and ready to be outside the cell.
6. Lysis: as the viruses are ready to infect other cells, they go out of the host cell by lysis, which is a process where the membrane is broken and the cell dies to free what is inside.