In what way is viroid structurally different from a vrius?
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A viroid (an infectious RNA molecule) is similar to a virus but not quite the same thing. It's smaller than a virus and has no capsid. A viroid is a coiled, "naked" RNA molecule that can affect a cell. ... Prions (infectious protein particles) have neither DNA nor RNA to transmit infection.
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Structural difference of Viriod from Virus:
- Both the Viruses and Viroids are a type of plant pathogens.
- Viroid is a small, single stranded, infectious, circular RNA particle which is similar to virus but not quite the same thing.
- They are smaller and the structure is very simple compared to virus.
- They are devoid of a capsid or "an outer envelope", but like viruses it can reproduce only within the host cell.
- Viroids unlike viruses do not produce any kind of proteins and has nothing apart from a "single specific RNA molecule".
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