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MeSH Heading: Virion
Tree Number(s): A21.249
Unique ID: D014771
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014771
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Viral Particle; Viral Particles; Virus Particle
Previous Indexing: specific virus; Viral Proteins (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/04
Revision Date: 2020/06/22

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)

Concept UI: M0022750
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Virion Preferred Term
Term UI T043222
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Virus Particle
Term UI T043223
Date09/11/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Viral Particle
Term UI T664167
Date01/11/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Viral Particles
Term UI T776071
Date08/19/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

Virion MeSH Descriptor Data 2025