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1 DNA Virus Ariel Chen

2 What? A virus containing DNA as its genetic material and using a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase during replication

3 FROM? Belong to either Group I or Group II of the Baltimore classification system for viruses Baltimore classification – A classification system Used to group viruses Into families

4 Replication? mRNA are made to be translated into protein by the host cell translation machinery Replicate its genome Host enzymes for mRNA synthesis and DNA replication are nuclear, so if a virus wants to avail itself of these enzymes, it needs to enter the nucleus

5 Examples? Smallpox chickenpox


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