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Viral Structures > Virion > Viral Envelope

Preferred term

Viral Envelope  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Envelopes, Virus
  • Envelope, Virus
  • Virus Envelope
  • Virus Envelopes

Scope note

  • Bilayer lipid membrane acquired by VIRAL PARTICLES during VIRAL MORPHOGENESIS. Although the LIPIDS of the viral envelope are host derived, various virus-encoded INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS, i.e. VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS are incorporated there.

History note

  • 2021

In other languages

  • viruksen vaippa

    Finnish

  • viruksen lipidipeite
  • viruksen lipidivaippa
  • viruksen peite
  • viruspeite
  • virusvaippa
  • Lipidhölje

    Swedish

  • Virushölje

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000086942

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