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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > microbiology > virology > virus replication > virus assembly
Preferred Term:

virus assembly

Definition:
The assembly of viral structural proteins and nucleic acid (viral DNA or viral RNA) to form a virus particle.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
virus replication
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • virus packaging
  • bacteriophage packaging
  • bacteriophage assembly
  • virion packaging
  • phage packaging
  • phage assembly
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/217574
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-06-04, last modified 2016-06-09