Glossary of virology
This is a glossary of terms used in virology, in particular for describing viruses and their actions.
General shape
- Icosahedral
- Triangulation number
- Enveloped
- Complex
- Helical
- Prolate
- Q number
- T number
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.
- Nucleocapsid
- Virion
- Virus attachment protein - binds to the receptor on the host cell
Symmetry
- Icosahedral having the symmetry of an icosahedron
Processes
- Attachment
- Penetration
- Maturation
- Replication the process by which the virus reproduces
- 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)
- bp - base pairs
- kb - kilobase; 1000 base pairs
- nucleotides
See also
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