Understanding Virus Structures

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What are the structures that every virus must contain?

  • Capsid, envelope, nucleic acid genome
  • head, tail, nucleocapsid
  • Spikes, capsid, nucleic acid genome
  • nucleic acid genome, capsid (correct)

Where are spike proteins present on a virus?

  • Nucleic acid genome
  • Capsid
  • Envelope (correct)
  • Viral coat proteins

HIV virus has a RNA genome with reverse transcriptase and uses its envelope to bind to what kind of cell?

  • B cell
  • Merkel cell
  • T cell (correct)
  • NK cell

What answer correctly orders these from largest to smallest?

<p>Animal cell, fungal cell, eukaryotic nucleus, prokaryotic cell, virus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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