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Set 2 Virus Structure And Assembly

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Question 1

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a regular icosahedron?

A) It has 12 vertices of 5-fold symmetry.
B) It has 20 triangular faces.
C) It has 20 sides with 3-fold symmetry.
D) It has 30 edges with 2-fold symmetry
E) It has 6 square faces.

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Question 2

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The capsid of SV40 contains 360 protein copies.Why is this unusual?

A) There is only 1 kind of protein in this capsid.
B) 360 is not the correct number of protein capsids for a T = 6 capsid.
C) Six is not a mathematically allowed triangulation number.
D) The proteins have equivalent interactions.
E) The capsid is not large enough to hold the entire genome.

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Question 3

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What does the term "quasi-equivalent" mean with respect to the proteins in an icosahedral capsid?

A) If the identical protein is used, it has both 5-fold and 6-fold interactions with the other proteins in the capsid.
B) There are different proteins in the capsid with similiar shapes.
C) They all use the "jelly-roll" protein structure.
D) There can be more than one type of glycoprotein in the envelope.
E) All of the proteins interact in a 5-fold arrangement.

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