Self Quiz for Viral Structure

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. Briefly describe the structure of most viruses that infect humans. (ans)

2. Define the following:

A. capsid (ans)

B. capsomeres (ans)

C. nucleocapsid (ans)

3. Describe how most animal viruses obtain their envelope. (ans)

4. State why some bacteriophages are more complex than typical polyhedral or helical viruses. (ans)

5. Multiple Choice (ans)

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