NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The outer protein coat of a virus is known as the capsid. It consists of several oligomeric structural subunits made of a protein called protomers which cover the nucleic acid which is present in the virus and protects it when virus inserts itself into the host.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are all sorts of virus shapes and sizes. However, all virus particles have a protein coat that surrounds and protects a nucleic acid genome. This protein coat is called a capsid, and the instructions for making the protein subunits of the capsid are encoded in the nucleic acid genome of the virus.

Detailed explanation-3: -A capsid is the protein shell of a virus, enclosing its genetic material.

Detailed explanation-4: -Viruses are small obligate intracellular parasites, which by definition contain either a RNA or DNA genome surrounded by a protective, virus-coded protein coat.

Detailed explanation-5: -Viruses are made up of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coat. They are smaller than the smallest bacterium. Viruses consist of nucleic acid (genetic material) surrounded by a capsid (protein coat).