VIRION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does virion mean? 

• VIRION (noun)
  The noun VIRION has 1 sense:

1. (virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)

  Familiarity information: VIRION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIRION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("virion" is a kind of...):

particle; subatomic particle (a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions)

Meronyms (parts of "virion"):

capsid (the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus)

Domain category:

virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)

 Context examples 

A protein-nucleic acid complex which forms part or all of a virion.

(Nucleocapsid Protein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Any one of the antigens found on the surface of Canarypox virion particles.

(Canarypox Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

The mechanism of replication is unknown, however new virions containing host ribosomes bud off of the surface of host cells.

(Arenavirus, NCI Thesaurus)

The virion is variable in shape and size with an average diameter of between 120 and 300 nm.

(Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Virions are enveloped and usually spherical or pleomorphic, 80-120 nm in diameter.

(influenza A virus, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of enveloped, oval-shaped virions with surface filaments, in the family Poxviridae.

(Parapoxvirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of the family PARAMYXOVIRIDAE (subfamily PARAMYXOVIRINAE) where all the virions have hemagglutinin but not neuraminidase activity.

(Morbillivirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Virions are enveloped and usually spherical or pleomorphic, 50-120 nm in diameter.

(Influenza B Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Some Vif is also found packaged in virion particles and multimerization of Vif appears to play a role in its activity.

(HIV-1 Infection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The enzyme inhibits the viral replication of several virion species; however, the lethality of human T-cell leukemia virus type I may exhibit resistance to the activity of this enzyme.

(DNA dC to dU-Editing Enzyme APOBEC-3G, NCI Thesaurus)