Th corona virus is a virus that has spread from animals to humans. Mutation in which of the following viral proteins is likely to have bben critivally important to allow infection of humans a. dna polymerase b. ribosome c. surface protein d. rna polymerase e. strucal proteins surrounding virus genome
c. surface protein
The surface protein of a virus is responsible for binding to host cells and facilitating infection. A mutation in this protein could potentially allow the virus to infect human cells, leading to human-to-human transmission of the virus.