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Do virus have protein coat

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 4/12/2022

Yes. Viruses contain a protein coat called a capsid. Inside this capsid will be DNA or RNA but never both. Viruses that contain RNA are called retroviruses. They also contain the enzyme reverse transcriptase that allows them to convert RNA into double-stranded DNA once it infects a cell.

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Daija Kreiger

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3y ago

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