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viral entry into host cell

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The process that occurs after viral attachment by which a virus, or viral nucleic acid, breaches the plasma membrane or cell envelope and enters the host cell. The process ends when the viral nucleic acid is released into the host cell cytoplasm. [ ]

Term info

Label

viral entry into host cell

Synonyms
  • entry of virus into host cell
  • phage translocation
  • viral penetration
  • virion penetration
  • virion penetration into host cell
  • virus entry into host cell
database cross reference
Subsets

goslim_metagenomics

comment

Viral attachment to the host cell is not part of viral entry in GO because virus attachment does not always lead to viral entry: attachment can also result in the virion being carried by the host cell to another location.

has alternative id

GO:0019063

has obo namespace

biological_process

id

GO:0046718