Answer to Question #127311 in Microbiology for Sana

Question

like other microbial pathogens virus are also equipped with different antigen with their specialized function identify the role of each structure found in a virus?

Answer 1

A virus consist of two basic structures: nucleic acid (single- or double-stranded RNA or DNA) and a protein coat, the capsid, which functions as a shell to protect the viral genome from nucleases and which during infection attaches the virion to specific receptors exposed on the prospective host cell.