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General Virology Virion vs virus Virion is the infectious particle composed of nucleic acid, protein capsid, +/- envelope may be extracellular or intracellular Virus is any stage of infection How do we know that NA is genetic material? TRANSFECTION FAILS FOR SOME VIRUSES WHY? Capsid Functions Protection of NA Attachment for naked viruses Enzyme Helical vs Icosahedral Symmetry - Why do most viruses look alike? Tobacco mosaic virus is a ssRNA virus composed of 6000 nucleotides. The capsid is made of 2100 copies of a single protein subunit that contain 158 amino acids. Calculate the percentage of