Italy, though an Allied Power during World War I, joined the Axis Powers under the leadership of Benito Mussolini, only to depose Mussolini in 1943 and fight the German occupation of their northern territories. The inclusion of Japan into the Axis Powers made China join the Allied Powers.
Lecture 2: Virus Structure. All viruses contain the following two components: 1) a nucleic acid genome and 2) a protein capsid that covers the genome. Together this is called the nucleocapsid. In addition, many animal viruses contain a 3) lipid envelope.
A virus is basically a tiny bundle of genetic materialâeither DNA or RNAâcarried in a shell called the viral coat, or capsid, which is made up of bits of protein called capsomeres. Some viruses have an additional layer around this coat called an envelope. That's basically all there is to viruses.