THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
VIRUSES AND PRIONS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses mutate and some have not been discovered. Viruses are not filterable. Two noncellular agents, smaller than viruses, are the infectious proteins called and the infectious RNA strands called . are always present on enveloped viruses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Newly released virions can infect adjacent cells. A lysogenic cycle kills the host cell is not true statement of Viral replication.
Detailed explanation-3: -Viruses were first discovered after the development of a porcelain filter, called the Chamberland-Pasteur filter, which could remove all bacteria visible in the microscope from any liquid sample.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements about viruses is FALSE?-Viruses contain DNA or RNA but never both.
Detailed explanation-5: -Viruses do not infect bacteria, fungi, and algae.