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All typical viruses contain _ _ encoding the genetic information carried by the virus.
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Nucleic Acid
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Nucleic Acid may be _ or _ and may be _ or _.
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DNA
RNA Linear Circular |
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DNA and RNA may be either _- or _-stranded in viruses.
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Single-
Double- |
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_ _ and _ _ are unusual replication enzymes found in viruses.
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RNA Replicase
Reverse Transcriptase |
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Copies of unusual replication enzymes in viruses are bound to the _ _.
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Nucleic Acid
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Typical viruses contain a protein _ or _, usually surrounding the nucleic acid.
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Capsid
Capsule |
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Protein subunits usually are arranged to form either a _ or a _.
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Polyhedron
Helix |
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_ may have a "stalk-like" apparatus at one end of the polyhedral capsid.
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Bacteriophages
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The stalk-like apparatus of bacteriophages is involved in
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passing the nucleic acid across the bacterial cell wall.
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_ _ _ _ frequently contain a lipid bilayer structure outside the capsid; which is derived from the host cell plasma membrane and envelopes the virus as the virus is budding off host.
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Eukaryotic animal cell viruses
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