BUILD A PROCESS
Build a bacteriophage lytic cycle
Arrange a T4-style infection from recognition to release.
Build a process
Use the up and down buttons to build the sequence, then check your reasoning. Some biological events overlap; follow the simplified pathway described here.
- 1Lysis and release
- 2Assembly
- 3Component synthesis
- 4Genome entry
- 5Attachment
Read the complete pathway
- Attachment. Phage structures recognise receptors on a susceptible bacterium.
- Genome entry. Phage DNA enters; the capsid remains outside.
- Component synthesis. The infected cell produces viral genomes and proteins.
- Assembly. Genomes are packaged into new particles.
- Lysis and release. The cell wall is disrupted and progeny phages escape.
Explain what you observed
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