what is its genome size?
The smallest—the ssDNA circoviruses, family "Circoviridae"—code for only two proteins and have a genome size of only two kilobases; the largest—the pandoraviruses—have genome sizes of around two megabases which code for about 2500 proteins.
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Genome size varies greatly between species. The smallest—the ssDNA circoviruses, family "Circoviridae"—code for only two proteins and have a genome size of only two kilobases; the largest—the pandoraviruses—have genome sizes of around two megabases which code for about 2500 proteins. Virus genes rarely have introns and often are arranged in the genome so that they overlap.
give two other names used for the protein coat of a virus UNANSWERABLE where did it get its name? The word is from the Latin neuter referring to poison and other noxious liquids, from the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit , Avestan , and ancient Greek (all meaning "poison")
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Virus [SEP] Genome size
Genome size varies greatly between species. The smallest—the ssDNA circoviruses, family "Circoviridae"—code for only two proteins and have a genome size of only two kilobases; the largest—the pandoraviruses—have genome sizes of around two megabases which code for about 2500 proteins. Virus genes rarely have introns and often are arranged in the genome so that they overlap. In general, RNA viruses have smaller genome sizes than DNA viruses because of a higher error-rate when replicating, and have a maximum upper size limit. Beyond this, errors when replicating render the virus useless or uncompetitive. To compensate, RNA viruses often have segmented genomes—the genome is split into smaller molecules—thus reducing the chance that an error in a single-component genome will incapacitate the entire genome.