Tuesday, October 6, 2009

5 properties of viruses that are spesific for them as group and distinguish them from rest of living cells?

3303>They lack organelles and DNA of thier own. They cannot reproduce on thier own. That's all I can really think of. Look it up in the dictionary or a biology book.
Reply:non-cellular structure





need host to replicate





composed of nucleic acid





surrounded by capsid (or a protein coat)





non-respirating and does not grow





also, a virus is not a 'living cell', by definition.


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