DeCS

Descriptor English:

Viroids

Descriptor Spanish:

Viroides

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	viroides
Scope note:	Grupo de patógenos que comprende los más pequeños agentes conocidos que causan enfermedades infecciosas. No son capsulados y pueden replicarse autónomamente en células susceptibles. Los viroides positivamente identificados están compuestos de ARN de una sola hebra y han sido aislados de plantas superiores, aunque se sospecha que existen viroides de ADN patógenos de animales.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Viroides

Descriptor French:

Viroïdes

Tree number(s):

B04.956

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014772

Scope note:

A group of pathogens comprising the smallest known agents of infectious disease. They are unencapsulated and are capable of replicating autonomously in susceptible cells. Positively identified viroids composed of single-stranded RNA have been isolated from higher plants, but the existence of DNA viroids pathogenic to animals is suspected.

Annotation:

"smallest known agents of infect dis"; read MeSH definition

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:

15174

Unique ID:

D014772

NLM Classification:

QW 160

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Date Established:

1981/01/01

Date of Entry:

1980/04/02