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The genetic material DNA, usually.
Then there are retroviruses, but they have RNA genetic material, which cells use catalytically, among other uses. And bath types of viruses have protein in common with living cells.
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What structure is most similar to the protein shell in a virus?
a cell wall
How does the structure of a virus help it survive?
The capsid of the cell helps the virus to infect host cells as well as multiply quickly.
What provides energy for an virus?
A virus does not have a metabolism. To reproduce, a virus takes control of a living cell, forcing the cell to make copies of the virus. All energy is provided by the cell.
Which organism is considered an exception to the cell theory?
Skeletal muscles and some fungal hyphae are not divided into cells but have a multinucleate cytoplasm. Some biologists consider unicellular organisms to be acellular
Why is the cell invaded by the virus called a host cell?
A cell invaded by a virus is known as the 'host cell', as it 'hosted' the virus with shelter and food.
Which description of a virus is correct?
A virus has no cell structure, but it has genes :)
Is a viruses cell structure unicellular multicellular or both?
Neither; a virus is not a cell.
Why is virus harmful?
virus is a non cellular it require to reproduce the materials of their host cell and they have those material on their structure which is harmful for the host cell.
What structure is most similar to the protein shell in a virus?
a cell wall
How does the structure of a virus help it survive?
The capsid of the cell helps the virus to infect host cells as well as multiply quickly.
Which structure has the least effect on the ability of a virus to infect and replicate in a host cell?
Ribosome
What is the difference between a virus a bacterial cell and a human lung cell?
Their structure is one.A human lung cell is eukaryotic and part of the multicellular structure, the lung.Bacterial cells are prokaryotic and unicellular.Virus is a fragment of protein and nucleic acid that forms a infectious structure.
What differences exist in the structure that provides an outer protective barrier for virus bacteria and protozoa?
The virus uses a capsid; a protein structure. Bacteria use a peptidoglycan cell wall with one or two cell membranes. Protazoa use different methods. Some have VSP or VSGs; proteins attached to their cell membranes that protect them. Some do not and only have a cell membrane.
Where can I get a Drawing of a virus cell?
No where. A virus is not a cell.
What does a cell and virus have in common?
What a cell and a virus have in common is the RNA or DNA. The virus can be either a RNA virus or a DNA virus.
Which is smaller a cell or virus?
A virus.
Which component of a virus is lacking in a cell?
Both a living cell and a virus contain nucleic acid. The virus has a capsid, whereas a living cell does not.
