Which of these options is not a mechanism to control the opening and closing of ion channels?
a) Distortion of the cell membrane (mechanically gated)
b) Changes in membrane potential (voltage gated)
C) ATP binding (ATP gated)
d) Ligand binding (igand gated)

When a virus infects a host cell, it uses the cell's machinery to make copies of its own genetic material in a process called replication. finally, during the process of self-assembly, that protein shell and the copies of the virus's genetic material are assembled into new viruses.

Your answer is a because that is true