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Envelope Membrane Nuclear Replicate Virus Famil Y  Gets

Front What virus family gets its envelope from the host cell's nuclear membrane

What is the mechanism?
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Herpesviridae
DNA viruses need nucleotides to replicate so it must be inside the nucleus, and thus, naturally takes envelope from the nuclear membrane

RNA viruses replicate in the cytosol and don't need to go into nucleus so envelope come from cell membrane

Tags: microbiology

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