Why Are Viroids Resistant to Nucleases

question 10

Multiple Choice

Why are viroids resistant to nucleases?

• A)Having a circular RNA "genome," they are resistant to the digestion of most exonucleases (that nibble/digest the free ends of RNA or DNA).
• B)Having a circular RNA "genome," with no protein shell,they are resistant to the protein-degrading activities of nucleases.
• C)Nucleases will only digest DNA,not RNA-so viroids are protected.
• D)Viroids have only been identified in plants.Plant nucleases cannot digest RNA.

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