Multiple choice

Which of the following features is correctly described about the most viruses that infect animals?

  1. Enter the host cell via endocytosis.

  2. Do not require a receptor protein to recognize the host cell.

  3. Leave their capsid outside the host cell.

  4. Can reproduce independently of a host cell.

  5. Leave only their protein outside the host cell.

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Explanation

Animal viruses attach by recognizing a receptor protein and entering through endocytosis.