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MeSH Heading: Receptors, Virus
Tree Number(s): D12.776.543.750.830
Unique ID: D011991
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011991
Scope Note: Specific molecular components of the cell capable of recognizing and interacting with a virus, and which, after binding it, are capable of generating some signal that initiates the chain of events leading to the biological response.
Entry Term(s): Viral Entry Receptor; Viral Entry Receptors; Virus Attachment Factor; Virus Attachment Factors; Virus Attachment Receptor; Virus Attachment Receptors; Virus Entry Receptor; Virus Entry Receptors; Virus Receptor; Virus Receptors
NLM Classification #: QW 160
Previous Indexing: Binding Sites (1968-1978)
See Also: Bacteriophage Receptors; Virus Attachment
Public MeSH Note: 1979
History Note: 1979
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 2020/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

therapeutic use (TU)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M000733167
Scope Note: Protein, carbohydrate, or lipid factors on the surface of a susceptible cell that facilitate the binding of a virus to the entry receptor.
Terms: Virus Attachment Factors Preferred Term
Term UI T001080908
Date05/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Virus Attachment Receptors
Term UI T001081354
Date05/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Virus Attachment Receptor
Term UI T001080910
Date05/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Virus Attachment Factor
Term UI T001081355
Date05/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Concept UI: M000733475
Scope Note: A surface protein on a cell that interacts with a virus thus initiating a chain of events leading to the internalization of the virus or the viral genetic material.
Terms: Virus Entry Receptors Preferred Term
Term UI T001081114
Date05/21/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Viral Entry Receptor
Term UI T001081406
Date05/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Viral Entry Receptors
Term UI T001081407
Date05/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Virus Entry Receptor
Term UI T001081408
Date05/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Receptors, Virus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025