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Viruses consist of a small collection of genetic material (DNA or RNA) encased in a protective protein coat called a capsid. (Retroviruses are among the infectious particles that use RNA as their hereditary material.
Best Answer: There is a wide variety of virus structures, but all of them carry two elements in common. (1) They have a DNA or RNA genome, and (2) they have a protein coat, or capsid, that protects this genome from the environment. just now. Report Abuse. A virus (from the Latin virus meaning toxin or poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell. Each viral particle, or virion, consists of genetic material, DNA or RNA, within a protective protein coat called a capsid.