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Glossary of virology

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This is a glossary of terms used in virology, in particular for describing viruses and their actions.

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Parts of viruses

  • Capsid the protein shell of a virus
  • Viral envelope a lipid casing outside the capsid, in some viruses. Helps to penetrate the host cell wall.
  • Neucleocapsid
  • Virion

    • Symmetry

  • Icosahedral having the symmetry of an icosahedron

    • Processes

  • Replication the process by which the virus reproduces
  • Rolling circle replication
  • Assembly - the construction of the virus within the host cell, using the host metabolism
  • Latency

    • Proteins

    See also Category:Viral proteins.
  • Rep replication protein,
  • Cap

    • Measurement

  • nm - nano-metres: one nano-metre is 10−9 metre
  • Da (Dalton), kDa (kilo-Dalton)
  • kb

    • References

    Glossary of virology Wikipedia
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