DeCS

Descriptor English:

Virion

Descriptor Spanish:

Virión

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	virión
Entry term(s)	partícula viral partícula vírica viriones
Scope note:	Sistema infectivo de un virus, compuesto por el genoma vírico, un centro vírico proteico y una cubierta proteica, la cápside, que puede estar desnuda o encerrada en una cubierta lipoproteica denominada peplos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Vírion

Descriptor French:

Virion

Entry term(s):

Particule de virus
Particule virale

Tree number(s):

A21.249

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014771

Scope note:

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.

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure

DeCS ID:

15173

Unique ID:

D014771

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1978/01/01

Date of Entry:

1977/05/04

Revision Date:

2011/06/24