How are viroids different from viruses?

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A virus is a small non cellular particle made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. Viruses are non cellular, nonliving structures having a protein coat called capsid and nucleic acid (DNA, RNA) core. Viruses can replicate only inside a host cell. Viroids are sub viral,...
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A virus is a small non cellular particle made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. Viruses are non cellular, nonliving structures having a protein coat called capsid and nucleic acid (DNA, RNA) core. Viruses can replicate only inside a host cell. Viroids are sub viral, smallest infectious pathogens. They are made up of a short strand of circular, single strand RNA without a protein coat. All viroids are present on higher plants and cause diseases in them. Some are present in infected host cell nucleolus while others are present in chloroplasts. Viroids cause diseases by RNA silencing read less
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