Practice question
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An infectious agent is smaller than viruses, consists of low-molecular-weight RNA and lacks a protein coat. Which additional statement is correct?
Explanation
The described agent is a viroid. T. O. Diener discovered it while investigating potato spindle tuber disease. A viroid consists of free, low-molecular-weight RNA and lacks the protein coat present in viruses.
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