Viral Assembly and Exit Mechanisms

**(Title Slide: Viral Assembly and Egress: How Viruses Build and Exit)** **(Introduction)**

Hello, and welcome to this overview of how viruses successfully complete their life

cycle by assembling new particles and exiting the host cell. We’re going to cover

how viral components get where they need to go, the different ways viruses build their

structures, how they manage to package only their own genetic material,

and finally, how they acquire their envelopes and use host machinery to break free.

**(Section 1: The Viral "Addresses" and Targeting)** First, let's talk about

delivery. Viral proteins need to make their way through the cell, and they do this