- Viropexis
Viropexis is the process by which different classes of viruses, particularly
picornaviruses andpapovaviruses , enter the host cell in which they will be able to replicate. The hydrophobic structures of the capsid proteins may be exposed after viral binding to the cell (see VAP, viral attachment protein). These structures help thevirion or the viral genome slip through the membrane.ources
*Murray P, Rosenthal K, Michael P, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, p 56.
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