The herpes viruses are important enveloped DNA viruses that cause disease in vertebrates and in some invertebrates such as oysters. Some of the human forms are herpes simplex virus (HSV) types I and II, causing facial and genital lesions, and the varicella zoster virus (VSV), causing chicken pox and shingles. Each of these three actively infects nervous tissue. Primary infections are fairly mild, but the virus is not then cleared from the host; rather, viral genomes are maintained in cells in a latent phase. The virus can later reactivate, replicate again, and infect others. In electron micrographs of HSV infection, it can be seen that the intact virus initially reacts with cell-surface proteoglycans, then with specific receptors. This is later followed by viral capsids docking with nuclear pores. Afterward, the capsids go from being full to being "empty." Which of the following best fits these observations?

A)-Viral capsids are needed for the cell to become infected; only the capsids enter the nucleus.
B)-The viral envelope is not required for infectivity, since the envelope does not enter the nucleus.
C)-Only the genetic material of the virus is involved in the cell's infectivity, and is injected like the genome of a phage.
D)-The viral envelope mediates entry into the cell, the capsid mediates entry into the nuclear membrane, and the genome is all that enters the nucleus

Respuesta :

D

A virus are composed of a capsid which 'houses' the genetic material in either RNA of DNA form (single-stranded or double-stranded). Some viruses like herpes have an additional layer which is the viral envelope. This layer is important in infectivity of the virus on host cells.

Explanation:

The envelope of viruses usually change conformation when the viruses’ glycoproteins bind on the receptors of a host cell. This conformational change causes a spring-like mechanism that lunges the capsid with the viral genetic material into the host cell. This genetic material is enough to hijack the host cell machinery to replicate and assemble all the replicated parts of the viruses.  Before the genetic material intergrates with the host cell genome the capsid is broken down in the host cell cytoplasm to uncoat the viral genetic material which enters the nucleus.

Learn More:

For more viruses check out;

https://brainly.com/question/3314232

https://brainly.com/question/9112942

https://brainly.com/question/4912021

https://brainly.com/question/7805848

#LearnWithBrainly