what is virus made of?

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by inkhybrid

by inkhybrid

-DNA or RNA (if RNA also has an enzyme called reverse transcriptase to turn RNA into DNA)

-Protien Coat called capsid and lipid coat

-Attachment proteins on the out side

-(infects host cells by attaching using their attachment protein, send in their DNA which uses the cell to make the viruses components and uses the cell membrane to make the viruses lipid coat, hence producing copies of the virus and destroying the host cell)