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Comment by COGlory

Diffusion is typically passive, sometimes (rarely) guided. But actual genome delivery usually requires energy stored in the capsid. For membraneous viruses, it's usually energy stored in the spike/fusion protein, plus some help from the host.

Note: I'm talking about energy stored in the 3D structure, not ATP molecules.

parent COGlory 3 years ago

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