Viruses BIOL209

All of the following are ways to describe viral genome entry mechanism EXCEPT

• direct injection

• receptor-mediated endocytosis

• lipid membrane destrcution

• none of the above

Viral entry into host cells is nonspecific

• True

• False

How do non-enveloped viruses transmit genetic information to other host cells?

• fragmentation

• Cell lysis

• budding

• Merges cells together

Which of the following is/are true of viruses?

• They are unicellular

• They are multicellular

• They must infect a host to replicate its DNA.

• They contain a nucleus

Viruses use their own machinery to replicate their genomes.

• True

• False

Describe the differences between latent and lytic viruses.

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Another word for latency is...

• Lytic

• Virion

• Lysogenic

• Plasmids

How do enveloped viruses transmit genetic information to other host cells?

• fragmentation

• Cell lysis

• budding

• Merges cells together

What macromolecule is the capsid of a virus made up of?

• Nucleic Acids

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

Which type of genetic information can viruses contain?

• DNA

• viruses do not contain genetic information

• Viral proteins

• RNA