Practice mode Acellular Life (Viruses)

Why do viruses show no living activity when outside a host cell?

Correct answer C. They lack enzymes and ribosomes needed for metabolism and protein synthesis

Explanation

A free virion is metabolically inert; it can only replicate after its nucleic acid enters a living cell and takes over the host's ribosomes and enzymes.

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