"Virion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Virion" by people in Profiles.
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Infectious Virus Tracking by Fluorescent Live Cell Imaging in Primary Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2807:3-14.
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Resistance to type 1 interferons is a major determinant of HIV-1 transmission fitness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 01 24; 114(4):E590-E599.
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Phenotypic properties of transmitted founder HIV-1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 23; 110(17):6626-33.
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Host cell-derived complement control proteins CD55 and CD59 are incorporated into the virions of two unrelated enveloped viruses. Human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). J Immunol. 1995 Nov 01; 155(9):4376-81.
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Fusion of influenza virions with a planar lipid membrane detected by video fluorescence microscopy. J Gen Physiol. 1991 Jun; 97(6):1101-19.