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If a virus were to enter a cell and destroy its ribosomes,how would the cell be affected?
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If a virus were to enter a cell and destroy its ribosomes,how would the cell be affected?

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It would not be able to produce proteins because with no ribosomes, there is no protein synthesis, and without protein synthesis, a cell infected with this virus could not live long.
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