A fatal attraction

Viruses have no intrinsic means of locomotion, but because of their small size their movement can be driven by Brownian motion. Propagation of viruses is dependent on essentially random encounters with potential hosts and host cells. An exception appears to be chloroviruses, which can attract their host from a distance. Chloroviruses are large icosahedral viruses […]

Source: virology blog - March 8, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information algae chemotaxis chlorovirus Paramecium protozoa viral viruses Source Type: blogs