An+Influenza+Germ

Making a Paper Mache Influenza Virus For my synthesis, I decided to make a model of a paper mache influenza virus, which was harder than I thought...   The red straws represent hemagglutinin, which binds to target cells to start the infection. The blue straws represent neuraminidase promotes the infection of neighboring cells. Along with those important parts of the virus, there is the RNA (which is usually single-stranded instead of DNA's double strands), the Lipid Envelope (the outer covering of the cell), and the Capsid (the protein shell of a virus).  