Lytic Cycle

Lytic cycle explained in an easy to understand way:

Lytic Cycle Simple Definition
Lytic Cycle Definition

Imagine you have a friend who always borrows your tools and never returns them, eventually leaving you unable to do your own work. This is similar to the lytic cycle in biology, where a virus invades a host cell and uses its resources to replicate itself until the host cell is destroyed. Just as your friend depletes your tool collection to the point where you can't complete your projects, the virus commandeers the host cell's machinery to produce more viruses, ultimately causing the host cell to burst and die.

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Lytic Cycle Definition

Lytic Cycle: Virus replication where a virus uses the host cells structures to replicate until the cell dies. Lytic cycle. The lytic cycle is when a virus makes copies of itself inside a host cell and then destroys the cell to release new viruses.