Mesh term Virion
Browse to parent terms:Viral Structures
Viruses
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Nucleocapsid
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