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Animal Viruses: 3. Synthesis & Replication

18. Viruses, Viroids, & Prions / Animal Viruses: 3. Synthesis & Replication / Problem 2

What happens to viral structural proteins once they are synthesized in the host cell?

A

They are degraded by the host cell's lysosome.

B

They are immediately secreted from the host cell without assembly.

C

They are transported to specific sites for assembly into new virions.

D

They form replication complexes with the viral genome.

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