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Viral Structures > Virion

Preferred term

Virion  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The infective system of a virus, composed of the viral genome, a protein core, and a protein coat called a capsid, which may be naked or enclosed in a lipoprotein envelope called the peplos.

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Entry terms

  • Viral Particle
  • Viral Particles
  • Virus Particle

In other languages

  • French

  • Particule de virus
  • Particule virale

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BXNNPJ8T-3

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