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Which type of viruses are known to contain lipids?
Which type of viruses are known to contain lipids?
- Neither plant nor animal viruses
- Only plant viruses
- Both plant and animal viruses (correct)
- Only animal viruses
What is the main function of viral lipids in the virus envelope?
What is the main function of viral lipids in the virus envelope?
- To act as a energy source
- To provide structural support
- To protect the nucleoprotein from damage
- To facilitate adhesion and injection into host cells (correct)
What is the effect of treating viruses containing lipids with ether?
What is the effect of treating viruses containing lipids with ether?
- It decreases their ability to infect host cells (correct)
- It has no effect on their ability to infect host cells
- It increases their ability to infect host cells
- It completely destroys the viruses
Where do viral lipids come from?
Where do viral lipids come from?
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