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Descriptor English: Virion
Descriptor Spanish: Virión
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): Particle, Viral
Particle, Virus
Particles, Viral
Particles, Virus
Viral Particle
Viral Particles
Virions
Virus Particle
Virus Particles
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 chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Viral Proteins (1966-1977)
specific virus
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
DeCS ID: 15173
Unique ID: D014771
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/04
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Virion - Preferred
Concept UI M0022750
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.
Preferred term Virion
Entry term(s) Particle, Viral
Particle, Virus
Particles, Viral
Particles, Virus
Viral Particle
Viral Particles
Virions
Virus Particle
Virus Particles



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