Term Name: symbiont genome ejection through host cell envelope
Synonyms: phage genome ejection, viral genome ejection through host cell envelope, viral genome injection through bacterial membranes
Definition: Entry of a symbiont's genome into the host cell through the host cell envelope. Occurs in non-enveloped prokaryotic viruses. Caudovirales carry an ejection apparatus that can be long and contractile, long and noncontractile, or short, and is able to penetrate the host cell envelope to deliver the viral genome into the host cell cytoplasm.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0039678]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: symbiont entry into host cell
is a type of: viral process
has subtype: symbiont genome ejection through host cell envelope, contractile tail mechanism symbiont genome ejection through host cell envelope, long flexible tail mechanism symbiont genome ejection through host cell envelope, short tail mechanism