Learning Objectives for "Viral Structure"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1*. Describe what an animal virus consists of structurally.

2. Define the following:

a. capsid

b. capsomere

c. nucleocapsid.

3*. Describe how most animal viruses obtain their envelope.

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

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

TPS Questions

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