Category:GO:0046718 ! viral entry into host cell

name: viral entry into host cell
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0019063
def: "The process that occurs after viral attachment by which a virus, or viral nucleic acid, breaches the plasma membrane or cell envelope and enters the host cell. The process ends when the viral nucleic acid is released into the host cell cytoplasm." [GOC:jl]
comment: Viral attachment to the host cell is not part of viral entry in GO because virus attachment does not always lead to viral entry: attachment can also result in the virion being carried by the host cell to another location.
subset: goslim_metagenomics
synonym: "entry of virus into host cell" EXACT []
synonym: "phage translocation" EXACT []
synonym: "viral penetration" EXACT []
synonym: "virion penetration" EXACT []
synonym: "virion penetration into host cell" EXACT []
synonym: "virus entry into host cell" EXACT [GOC:bf]
xref: VZ:936
is_a: GO:0044409 ! entry into host
relationship: part_of: GO:0019058 ! viral life cycle

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0046718</GOterm>
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