Tobacco mosaic virus is a tubular filament of size
- 300 10 nm
- 300 5 nm
- 300 20 nm
- 700 30 nm
Answer
(3) 300 20 nm
Solution
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is a rod-shaped (tubular) virus with a helical protein capsid enclosing a single-stranded RNA.
⇒ Its length is about 300 nm and its diameter about 18–20 nm.
∴ Size of the TMV filament 300 20 nm.
Answer: (3)