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MeSH Heading: Virophages
Tree Number(s): B04.280.950
Unique ID: D000071819
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071819
Scope Note: Circular, double-stranded DNA viruses that invade giant DNA viruses (GIANT VIRUSES) which infect eukaryotes.
See Also: Plasmids; Satellite Viruses
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Virophages MeSH Descriptor Data 2025