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> in my mind the spike proteins that are generated by an actual infection don't typically leave the cytoplasm detached from the rest of the virus Virus takes o
by sampo 6y ago
> in my mind the spike proteins that are generated by an actual infection don't typically leave the cytoplasm detached from the rest of the virus
Virus takes over the cell, makes the cell to manufacture components of the virus and to assemble viruses, until this disrupts the cell so bad that the cell dies and typically bursts. Surely at this point, not only assembled viruses, but also components at different stages of production, are released?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_viruses#Life-cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_viruses#Life-c...
- jcims 6y agoThank you. I knew this at some level but this (amazing) animation of HIV got me on a track of thinking that the viruses have a mechanism for exiting the cell without destroying it: https://vimeo.com/260291607 https://vimeo.com/260291607
- sampo 6y agoLike the Wikipedia article says, most viruses make the cell burst. Some, like HIV, have less destructive methods. I could not find how SARS-CoV-2 does it.