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What is the name for a package of nucleic acid wrapped in a protein coat that must use a host cell's machinery to reproduce itself?
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A virus.
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Does a virus have a protein coat?
Yes. All viruses are composed of a nucleic acid surrounded by a protein capsid. When the capsid is not present, the the infectious nucleic acid is called viroid. When the nucleic acid is not present, the infectious protein coating is called prion.
What is a nucleic acid coated with a protein?
acids and bases
Does a virus have a nucleus or any other organisms?
A virus consists only of a protein shell and some nucleic acids, either RNA, DNA or both. It contains no organelles and requires a host cell with its associated cell machinery to replicae itself.
Which of the following is a pathogen that is made of nucleic acid surrounded by protein?
virus
Is the major compound that makes up skin a sugar starch protein or nucleic acid?
a sugar starch protein
A particle of nucleic acid and protein that can reproduce only by infecting living cells?
virus
Paritcle of nucleic acid and protein that can reproduce only by infecting living cells?
These are called viruses.
Is amylase a carbohydrate lipid protein or nucleic acid?
Insulin is a protein.
Do nucleic acids produce protein?
No. Nucleic acids are the building blocks of protein. There are various types of nucleic acids that form proteins.
Do nucleic acids hold polymers for making protein?
No, nucleic acids code for the making of protein, they do not contain the monomers of protein manufacturing.
Is every cell capable of making each type of protein needed by the body?
Yes and no. The basic machinery is there, but the instructions may not be. For example, red blood cells do not have nucleic acid at all. In other cells the nucleic acid instructions may be present but "inactivated".
Is phosphoric acid a carbohydrate lipid protein nucleic acid?
It is a nucleic acid.
Does a virus have a protein coat?
Yes. All viruses are composed of a nucleic acid surrounded by a protein capsid. When the capsid is not present, the the infectious nucleic acid is called viroid. When the nucleic acid is not present, the infectious protein coating is called prion.
Is Hemoglobin a nucleic acid?
No, hemoglobin is a protein.
How is protein translated during protein synthesis?
From nucleic acids to amino acids
Is nucleotide a lipid carbohydrate or nucleic acid?
is steroid a carbohydrate, protein lipid or nucleic acid
2 parts of a virus?
capsid (= protein coat) and nucleic acid - DNA or RNA.
