virion

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Briefly, when a piece of a virus, called a virion, comes in contact with a cell it likes, it may attach to special landing sites on the surface of that cell.

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  1. noun A complete viral particle, consisting of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein shell and constituting the infective form of a virus.

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  • This leads to a structural change of the virion into its mature infectious form (step 12), which is capable of fusing with a new susceptible cell. —  Research & Development Today's News
  • We and others have recently shown that virion infectivity factor (Vif) also plays a role in the G2 arrest of HIV-1-infected cells. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • We investigated the immunogenicity and safety during 3 successive years of different dosages of a trivalent, inactivated, split-virion vaccine against seasonal influenza given intradermally using a microinjection system compared with an intramuscular control vaccine. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • By comparing the electromagnetic theory for this reactive effect with experiments, the size and mass (≈ 5.2 × 10 g) of a bound virion are determined directly from the optimal resonance shift. apobec assembly dendritic entry envelope evolution flavivirus fusion hcv hiv human influenza innate interferon macrophage microarray microbicide microrna neutralization pathogenesis prion raft receptor replication retrovirus rnai stemcells structure vaccine vpr —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Briefly, when a piece of a virus, called a virion, comes in contact with a cell it likes, it may attach to special landing sites on the surface of that cell. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
 

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