If a non-enveloped virus's genome contains a mutation preventing capsid protein synthesis, which consequence follows for its replication cycle?

💡 Explanation

The assembly of new virions is blocked because the viral capsid proteins, normally produced during the replication stage, cannot be synthesized due to the mutation; therefore, complete, infectious viral particles cannot be formed, rather than entry, transcription, or reverse transcription being directly impacted.

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