Question

The empty Protein coat leaving outside the cell is known as ....?

A) Golgi
B) Cell
C) Blood
D) Structure​

Answer 1

Many unenveloped (or naked) viruses inject their nucleic acid into the host cell, leaving an empty capsid on the outside. This process is termed penetration and is common with bacteriophage, the viruses that infect bacteria.✔️

Answer 2

A capsid is the protein shell of a virus, which encloses its genetic material.

Explanation:

• The outer protein coat of the virus is known as the capsid.
• It consists of several oligomeric structural subunits made of proteins called protomers that envelop the nucleic acid present in the virus and protect it when the virus inserts itself into the host.
• All viruses contain nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA (but not both), and a protein coat, which surrounds the nucleic acid.
• Some viruses are also surrounded by an envelope of fat and protein molecules.
• In its infectious form, outside the cell, a virus particle is called a virion.
• Transduction is the process by which a virus transfers genetic material from one bacterium to another.
• Viruses called bacteriophages are able to infect bacterial cells and use them as hosts to make more viruses.