Biological Classification Question 113
113. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) Viruses lack a protein coat
(b) Viruses are obligate parasites.
(c) Infective constituent in viruses is the protein coat.
(d) Prions consist of abnormally folded proteins.
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Answer : c
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(c) Infective constituent in viruses is either DNA or RNA, not protein. The simplest form consist of two basic components: nucleic acid (single- or double-stranded RNA or DNA) and a protein coat, the capsid, which functions as a shell to protect the viral genome from nucleases and which during infection attaches the virion to specific receptors exposed on the prospective host cell.
