The Advantage of Using a Helical Instead of an Icosahedral

question 18

Multiple Choice

The advantage of using a helical instead of an icosahedral nucleocapsid to package a ssRNA genome is…..

• A) it is more efficient to envelope a helical nucleocapsid than an icosahedral capsid.
• B) it is easier to produce a helical nucleocapsid than an icosahedral capsid.
• C) it better protects the genome from degradation inside the cell.
• D) it requires a smaller protein to build than an icosahedral capsid.
• E) it requires fewer copies of the nucleocapsid protein than an icosahedral capsid.

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