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HSV-2- and HIV-1- permissive cell lines co-infected by HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-replicate HSV-2 and HIV-1 without production of HSV-2/HIV-1 pseudotype particles
Jérôme LeGoff1, Hicham Bouhlal1, Maxime Lecerf1, Christophe Klein2, Hakim Hocini1, Ali Si-Mohamed1, Martin Muggeridge3 and... Read More
Triplicate
Definition noun, plural: triplicates One of the three identical copies or replicates verb To make three copies... Read More
Centrosome
Centrosome Definition What is a centrosome? The centrosome is considered to be the main microtubule-organizing... Read More
Biological Cell Defense
Organisms must find a means of defense against antigens such a viruses described on the previous tutorial. If this was not... Read More
Biological Viruses
The prime directive of all organisms is to reproduce and survive and this also applies to viruses. Apparently, viruses are... Read More
Living things
Living Things Definition A living thing pertains to any organism or a life form that possesses or shows the characteristics... Read More
Reservoir host
Reservoir Host Definition A reservoir host is a host that harbors the pathogen and serves as a source of the infective... Read More
Eubacteria
Eubacteria are prokaryotic microorganisms consisting of a single cell lacking a nucleus and containing DNA is a single... Read More
Genetic material
Genetic Material Definition What is genetic material? Genetic material is the hereditary substance in the cell. It carries... Read More
Conditional-lethal mutant
Conditional-lethal mutant --> conditionally lethal mutant a viral mutant that can replicate under some (permissive)... Read More
Double stranded DNA virus
Definition noun Any of the viruses belonging to the Class I of Baltimore classification system characterized by having a... Read More
Single stranded DNA virus
Definition noun Any of the viruses belonging to the Class II of Baltimore classification system characterized by having a... Read More
Parthenogenesis
To reproduce, by definition, means to produce new offspring. The process is referred to as reproduction, which is one of the... Read More
Binary fission
Binary Fission Definition What is binary fission? In biology, binary fission is a type of asexual reproduction where a... Read More
Megakaryocyte
Definition noun, plural: megakaryocytes A large cell in the bone marrow with characteristic lobulate nucleus and is... Read More
Prophase II
Definition noun The first stage in meiosis II highlighted by the disintegration of nucleolus and nuclear envelope, the... Read More
Kelp Forest
Definition noun, The most biologically productive habitat found in the cold rich nutrient marine ecosystem. Supplement The... Read More
Biochemical Genetics
Definition noun A branch of genetics at a biochemical level and in which the relationship of genes and their control over... Read More
Transposon
Definition noun, plural: transposons A small segment of DNA that is capable of replicating and inserting copies of DNA at... Read More
Meiosis and Alternation of Generations
Review of Mitosis: Cell Cycle The cell cycle contains the process in which cells are either dividing or in between... Read More
Genetic Engineering Advantages & Disadvantages
Through genetic engineering, scientists are able to move desirable genes from one plant or animal to another or... Read More
DNA Structure & DNA Replication
Previous pages in this tutorial have described the basics of a cell, the energy required by these cells and how energy is... Read More
Protein Synthesis
If you have jumped straight to this page, you may wish to look at the previous tutorial about DNA, which gives background... Read More
Inherited traits
What are Inherited Traits? The characteristics or traits that are passed from parents to offspring are known as inherited... Read More
Nucleic acid
Nucleic Acid Definition A nucleic acid refers to any of the group of complex compounds consisting of chains of monomers of... Read More
Shuttle vector
Definition noun A vector that can replicate in more than one host organisms or two different cell types (e.g. a prokaryotic... Read More
Obligate parasite
Parasitism is a form of symbiosis that occurs between a parasite and its host. The parasite is the organism that generally... Read More
Cell division
Cell division is a biological process by which a parent cell duplicates its cell contents and divides to give rise to two or... Read More
Suppressor-sensitive mutant
suppressor-sensitive mutant A conditionally lethal, host range, bacteriophage mutant that produces nonsense codons and can... Read More
Defective bacteriophage
Defective bacteriophage a temperate bacteriophage mutant whose genome does not contain all of the normal components and... Read More