entry of virus into host cell, phage translocation, viral entry into host cell, viral penetration, virion penetration, virion penetration into host cell, virus entry into host cell
Alternate IDs
GO:0019063
Definition
The process by which a symbiont breaches the plasma membrane or cell envelope and enters the host cell. The process ends when the symbiont or its genome is released into the host cell.
Source:
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.