Discuss why viruses are considered nonliving.

Viruses may be latent for a long period of time. For example, HIV may be latent for many years, during which new viruses are not made. What are three different mechanisms of viral latency?

Some viruses such as HPV are linked to mutations causing certain types of cancer. What part of a virus life cycle can add mutations to host DNA?       What type of bacteriophage, as defined by life cycle, could do this?

Please describe how virus can replicate their genome in host cells via retrotransposon.

All HPV are non-enveloped double stranded DNA viruses. Their genomes are circular and approximately 8 kilobase pairs in size. Most encode eight major proteins, 6 located in the “early” region and 2 in the “late” region. The “early” proteins are regulatory in function.... Can you please elaborate about the HPV genome in more detail that what I posted above?  Thanks.

Make an outline about the genetics of phage (phage genetics) and add explanation per topic/subtopic, respectively, and provide images.

Are viruses alive? 3 key point?

Explain how transcription and translation may or may not be altered by a virus such as West Nile Virus.

Identify the numbered steps of this viral life cycle/replication cycle depicted here.

Briefly describe how the Nucleocapsid protein of rabies virus promotes the switch from transcription to viral genomic replication.