A particularly efficient and deadly type of toxin punches holes in the membrane of host cells, and thereby kills them. (sciencedaily.com)
His research contributions have enhanced an understanding of how these viruses enter into host cells and cause organ - specific disease. (bwfund.org)
The virus is missing a critical gene — one of only eight genes that make up the virus genome — that makes a protein the virus needs to reproduce in host cells. (news.wisc.edu)