Virion

HIV virion

A Virion is a basic virus particle capable of infecting a host cell. It consists of a geneophore ( nucleic acid ) and a protein. It reaches dimensions of 20-300 nm, exceptionally 450 nm. Some virions are enveloped by a phospholipid membrane (eg in HIV ).

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Related articles

• Viruses

External links

• Virion (Czech wikipedia)
• Virus # Etymology (English wikipedia)

References

• KOČÁREK, Eduard. Molecular biology in medicine. 1st edition. Brno: National Center for Nursing and Non-Medical Fields in Brno, 2007. 218 pp.  ISBN 978-80-7013-450-4 .

Reference

1. BEDNÁŘ, Marek, A SOUČEK and V FRAŇKOVÁ, et al. MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY: Bacteriology, virology, parasitology. - edition. Triton, 1996. 560 pp. 367.  ISBN 859-4-315-0528-0 .