Question

Treatment of an enveloped animal virus with a mild detergent solubilizes several proteins from the virus although the genome does not become accessible. Which of the following is consistent with this situation?

Answer 1

A. Some of the proteins that are released by detergent may be encoded by the genome of the infected cell

B the infectivity of the virus is not affected by detergent treatment.

C the proteins released by the detergent are capsid proteins.

D all the proteins released by the detergent are encoded by the viral genome.

Answer 2

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