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Type of particle, subatomic particle

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The various structural components then assemble to produce a mature HIV virion.
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The capsid is colored according to the distance from the center of the virion.
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The whole virion is slightly pleiomorphic, ranging from ovoid to brick shape.
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After some vigorous shaking, there is an assembled model of a virion inside the jar.
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This hybrid virion then infects a new cell where it undergoes replication.
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To build the disassembly movies, all images corresponding to the same virion were aligned.
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Whole-virion monovalent vaccines may perform best in a pandemic.
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Maturation occurs either in the forming bud or in the immature virion after it buds from the host cell.
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In this way the virion effectively hijacks the cell and reproduces itself whenever the cell reproduces.
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More examples
  • (virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
  • A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Most viruses are too small to be seen directly with a light microscope. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea. ...
  • A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell)
  • A virus particle existing freely outside a host cell. A mature virus.
  • A complete virus particle, including genetic material and protein coat, as it would exist outside of a cell.
  • An infectious virus particle. A plant pathogen that consists of a naked RNA molecule of approximately 250-350 nucleotides, whose extensive base pairing results in a nearly correct double helix. See satellite RNA.
  • A virus particle; the virus nucleic acid surrounded by protien coat and in some cases other material.
  • The infectious unit of a virus. (10)
  • Rudimentary virus particle with a central nucleoid surrounded by a protein sheath, complete virus particle. A mature and infectious virus particle.Structurally mature, extracellular virus particles