See also. 1  Concept inventory. 2  Constructive alignment. 3  Educational assessment. 4  Ipsative assessment. 5  Norm-referenced assessment. 6  Psychometrics. 7  Standardized test.
Enveloped viruses have a lipid-based membrane surrounding the protein capsid. This envelope is partly composed of the cell membrane within which the virus replicated, and it contains proteins and carbohydrates. Some of the proteins are from the host cell and some are from the virus..
Viruses are faced with a tricky problem: they need to get inside cells, but cells are surrounded by a protective membrane. Enveloped viruses like HIV and influenza, which are themselves surrounded by a similar membrane, solve this problem by fusing with the cell membrane. The envelope glycoprotein (Env) of HIV performs the many complex steps needed for membrane fusion. First, it attaches itself to proteins on the surface of the cell. Then, it acts like a spring-loaded mousetrap and snaps into a new conformation that drags the virus and cell close enough that the membranes fuse.