Assertion: virus's machinery | /r/HasProperty | bridge
Facets:
value: to
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: There are a number of viruses that have a similar way of copying themselves—a process that reverses the normal flow of information in cells, which is where the term "retro" comes from—and their central machinery for replication may be a bridge from the original life-forms on this planet to what we know as life today.