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Title: Explain the differences between viruses and plasmids.
Post by: colleen on Apr 8, 2012
Explain the differences between viruses and plasmids.


Title: Re: Explain the differences between viruses and plasmids.
Post by: chemb on Apr 17, 2012
A major difference between a plasmid and a virus is that viruses infect other cells to propagate, and plasmids do not. Viruses also can lyse and kill its host, and plasmids cannot.