Lack organelles and nucleus
Viruses do not have organelles or a nucleus. Viruses are genes wrapped in a protein…
Cindy Ma
Self-replicating biological units that must reproduce within specific host cell
Viruses must infect a host cell to hijack their reproductive machinery to replicate; they cannot…
General structural characteristics (nucleic acid and protein, enveloped and nonenveloped)
A virus is a protein shell carrying genetic material that infects a host cell to…