Virion
"Virion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D014771
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A21.249 B04.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Virion- Virion
- Virions
- Viral Particles
- Virus Particle
- Particle, Virus
- Particles, Virus
- Virus Particles
- Viral Particle
- Particle, Viral
- Particles, Viral
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Virion" by people in Profiles.
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Tejada-Simon MV, Zang YC, Hong J, Rivera VM, Killian JM, Zhang JZ. Detection of viral DNA and immune responses to the human herpesvirus 6 101-kilodalton virion protein in patients with multiple sclerosis and in controls. J Virol. 2002 Jun; 76(12):6147-54.
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Jacob JR, Burk KH, Eichberg JW, Dreesman GR, Lanford RE. Expression of infectious viral particles by primary chimpanzee hepatocytes isolated during the acute phase of non-A, non-B hepatitis. J Infect Dis. 1990 Jun; 161(6):1121-7.