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The process in which a virus increases the frequency, rate or extent of the formation of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane, by the fusion of the plasma membranes of two or more individual cells. The process of syncytia-forming cell-cell fusion, caused by a virus. A reproductive process involved in viral reproduction. Usually, this is by infection of a host cell, replication of the viral genome, and assembly of progeny virus particles. In some cases the viral genetic material may integrate into the host genome and only subsequently, under particular circumstances, 'complete' its life cycle. The formation in a cell that has been targeted by a virus of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane, by the fusion of the plasma membranes of two or more individual cells. An interaction between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association. The term host is used for the larger (macro) of the two members of a symbiosis; the various forms of symbiosis include parasitism, commensalism and mutualism. Interactions, directly with the host cell macromolecular machinery, to allow virus replication.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: induction by virus of host cell-cell fusion
Acc: GO:0006948
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process of syncytia-forming cell-cell fusion, caused by a virus.
Synonyms:
  • induction by virus of cell-cell fusion in host
  • viral-induced host cell-cell fusion
  • viral-induced membrane fusion
  • viral-induced cell-cell fusion
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GO:0006948 - induction by virus of host cell-cell fusion (interactive image map)
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