iD magazine

WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE A CELL?

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After a virus docks with a cell and inserts its genetic material, it essentiall­y hijacks the process the cell uses to make its own proteins, forcing the cell to produce copies of the virus along with at least three other proteins: One triggers the release of the copies, another prevents the cell from alerting the immune system, and the third helps resist the cell’s immune defenses.

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