NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyBiological ClassificationPractice
Virion is a _____.
Options
- Anucleic acid of virus
- Bantiviral agent
- Cprotein of virus
- Dcompletely assembled virus outside host
Correct answer
D. completely assembled virus outside host
Step-by-step solution
Virus is an infectious agent having a genetic material enclosed by an organic material that can replicate inside a host organism. Viruses are known to infect all forms of living organisms. A fully assembled virus that has not infected any host cell is called virion. It is a complete functional virus that has the capacity to infect host cell. Extracellular viruses are also called virion.