Does the Rubella Virus have the same structure as a Bacteriophage?

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Does the Rubella Virus have the same structure as a Bacteriophage?

What i really want to know is does it have the legs and a protein strand that attatches the leg and the head to the legs. Since im constructing a 3D model i need to know what it exactly looks like.

2007-02-17 11:54:24 · 2 answers · asked by ARman Z 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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No, the rubella virus does not resemble the typical bacteriophage. Rubella is a spherical viral particle with "hemagglutinin-like" spikes emanating from the particle. It is a single-stranded RNA virus.

2007-02-17 14:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by Gene Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

no, your typical human and animal pathogens don't look like bacteriophages.
this website has lots of virus photos.
http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html

2007-02-17 23:07:14 · answer #2 · answered by ALM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋