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A DNA virus is a virus that has a genome made of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is replicated by a DNA polymerase.
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Viruses are an established cause of cancer in humans and...
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Adenoviruses (members of the family Adenoviridae) are...
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Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause...
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The polymer carries genetic instructions for the...
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Viruses are an established cause of cancer in humans and other species. Viral cancers occur only in a minority of infected persons (or animals). Cancer viruses come from a range of virus families, including both RNA and DNA viruses, and so there is no single type of "oncovirus" (an obsolete term originally used for acutely transforming ...
Adenoviruses (members of the family Adenoviridae) are medium-sized (90–100 nm), nonenveloped (without an outer lipid bilayer) viruses with an icosahedral nucleocapsid containing a double-stranded DNA genome. [2]
The polymer carries genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are nucleic acids.
DNA virus. DNA viruses use DNA for their genome. An example of a DNA virus is Herpes simplex. Viruses that are not DNA viruses use RNA for their genome and are called RNA viruses.
Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal.
Viruses are a strand of nucleic acid with a protein coat. Usually the nucleic acid is RNA; sometimes it is DNA. Viruses cause many types of diseases, such as polio, ebola and hepatitis. Viruses reproduce by getting their nucleic acid strand into a prokaryote or eukaryote cell.