What are viriods?

Answer Posted / ravi singh (thatta)

AS small and simple as viruses are ,they dwarf another class
of pathogens,viriods.These are tiny molecules of naked
circular RNA that infects plants.viriods do not encode
protiens but can replicate in host plant cells,apparently
using cellular enzymes.only several hundred nucleotides long
ranging from 250 to 400 nucleotides.

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