Asked in PMC Practice Test 5Moderate

Viruses can bud from:

Correct answer: D. All of these options are correct

  • A. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
  • B. Golgi complex
  • C. Nuclear envelop
  • D. All of these options are correct

Explanation

Viruses can bud at every stage in the ER-Golgi-cell membrane pathway. As the nucleocapsids assembled or in the process of being built, induce the formation of a membrane curvature in the host cell membrane and wrap up in the forming bud which is eventually pinched off by membrane scission to release the enveloped particle.

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