Satellite Viruses
"Satellite Viruses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Defective viruses which can multiply only by association with a helper virus which complements the defective gene. Satellite viruses may be associated with certain plant viruses, animal viruses, or bacteriophages. They differ from satellite RNA; (RNA, SATELLITE) in that satellite viruses encode their own coat protein.
| Descriptor ID |
D012526
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.265.658
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| Concept/Terms |
Satellite Viruses- Satellite Viruses
- Satellite Virus
- Virus, Satellite
- Viruses, Satellite
- Viruses, Associated
- Virus, Associated
- Associated Virus
- Associated Viruses
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