Some Viruses Can Be Crystallised and Their Structures Analysed

question 35

Multiple Choice

Some viruses can be crystallised and their structures analysed. One such virus is yellow mottle virus, which infects beans. This virus has a single-stranded RNA genome containing about 6,300 nucleotides. Its capsid is 25-30 nm in diameter and contains 180 identical capsomeres. If the yellow mottle virus begins its infection of a cell by using its genome as mRNA, which of the following would you expect to be able to measure when analysing the reproduction of this virus?

• A) replication rate
• B) transcription rate
• C) translation rate
• D) formation of new transcription factors

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