You isolate a cell infected with an adenovirus. What are you most likely going to see when you examine the cell?
A) It is a bacterium.
B) It is undergoing mitosis.
C) Reverse transcriptase is present in the nucleus.
D) It does not have a nucleus.

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Adenoviruses infect eukaryotic cells, which undergo mitosis for cell division. Unlike bacteria or cells infected by retroviruses (which would have reverse transcriptase), adenovirus-infected cells do not exhibit these characteristics. Adenoviruses also do not infect cells lacking a nucleus, such as prokaryotic cells.

You Isolate a Cell Infected with an Adenovirus