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• virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA …   Universalium

• Virus — This article is about the biological agent. For other uses, see Virus (disambiguation). For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to viruses. Viruses …   Wikipedia

• Virus classification — is the process of naming viruses and placing them into a taxonomic system. Similar to the classification systems used for cellular organisms, virus classification is the subject of ongoing debate and proposals. This is mainly due to the pseudo… …   Wikipedia

• helical — (hel ī kal) In virology this refers to a virus with a helical capsid surrounding its nucleic acid …   Dictionary of microbiology

• Tobacco mosaic Virus memory — The Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) is an extremely common helical virus, with a positive sense RNA strand. In recent years, researchers have found that this virus can be utilized to create nano wires using platinum nanoparticles. Tseng et al. [Tseng …   Wikipedia

• Tobacco mosaic virus — Electron micrograph of TMV particles stained to enhance visibility at 160,000x magnification Virus classification Group …   Wikipedia

• RNA virus — An RNA virus is a virus that has RNA (ribonucleic acid) as its genetic material.[1] This nucleic acid is usually single stranded RNA (ssRNA) but may be double stranded RNA (dsRNA).[2] The ICTV classifies RNA viruses as those that belong to Group… …   Wikipedia

• Herpes simplex virus — This article is about the virus. For information about the disease caused by the virus, see Herpes simplex. Herpes simplex virus TEM micrograph of a herpes simplex virus …   Wikipedia

• Marburg virus disease — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A98.3 ICD 9 078.89 …   Wikipedia

• DNA virus — A DNA virus is a virus that has DNA as its genetic material and replicates using a DNA dependent DNA polymerase. The nucleic acid is usually double stranded DNA (dsDNA) but may also be single stranded DNA (ssDNA). DNA viruses belong to either… …   Wikipedia

• Marburg virus — (MARV) Virus classification Group: Group V (( )ssRNA) Order: Mononegavirales Family …   Wikipedia