Question: Viruses rely on a host cell to carry out metabolic functions. What molecule does a virus insert i…

Viruses rely on a host cell to carry out metabolic functions.
What molecule does a virus insert into a host cell that enables the
virus to re-direct the host cell/’s enzymes and ribosomes?

viral nucleic acids endotoxins unassembled viral particles
protein coat(capsid)

identify the mechanism by which a bacteriophage, or
phage, replicates itself.

Proteins and nucleic acid fragments, present in the
extracellular medium, spontaneously self-assemble to form new phage
particles.

Phage are self-replicating RNA molecules that reproduce
without a host bacterium.

Phage lack a genome and rely on the host cell genetic
information for replication.

Phage replication requires the cellular machinery of the
host bacteria for biosynthesis.