"Virion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D014771
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A21.249 B04.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Virion- Virion
- Virions
- Viral Particles
- Virus Particle
- Particle, Virus
- Particles, Virus
- Virus Particles
- Viral Particle
- Particle, Viral
- Particles, Viral
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Virion" by people in this website by year, and whether "Virion" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Virion" by people in Profiles.
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Sedivy EL, Agnello E, Hobaugh JE, Ahsan R, Song K, Xu C, Kelch BA. The Structure of a Thermostable Phage's Portal Vertex and Neck Complex Illuminates the Headful Maturation Mechanism. J Mol Biol. 2026 Mar 15; 438(6):169641.
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Huang QJ, McDaniel CN, Griffith AA, Schiffer CA, Somasundaran M. Subnanometer-resolution Structural Determination of Hemagglutinin from Cryo-electron Tomography of Influenza Viruses. J Vis Exp. 2025 11 07; (225).
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Olety B, Usami Y, Peters P, Wu Y, G?ttlinger H. The ectodomain sheddase ADAM10 restricts HIV-1 propagation and is counteracted by Nef. Sci Adv. 2025 Apr 18; 11(16):eadt1836.
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Huang QJ, Kim R, Song K, Grigorieff N, Munro JB, Schiffer CA, Somasundaran M. Virion-associated influenza hemagglutinin clusters upon sialic acid binding visualized by cryoelectron tomography. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Apr 22; 122(16):e2426427122.
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Blakemore RJ, Burnett C, Swanson C, Kharytonchyk S, Telesnitsky A, Munro JB. Stability and conformation of the dimeric HIV-1 genomic RNA 5'UTR. Biophys J. 2021 11 02; 120(21):4874-4890.
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Diehl WE, Guney MH, Vanzo T, Kyawe PP, White JM, Pizzato M, Luban J. Influence of Different Glycoproteins and of the Virion Core on SERINC5 Antiviral Activity. Viruses. 2021 06 30; 13(7).
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Gao R, Yu CJ, Gao L, Piatkevich KD, Neve RL, Munro JB, Upadhyayula S, Boyden ES. A highly homogeneous polymer composed of tetrahedron-like monomers for high-isotropy expansion microscopy. Nat Nanotechnol. 2021 06; 16(6):698-707.
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Eriksen MS, Nikolaienko O, Hallin EI, Gr?dem S, Bustad HJ, Flydal MI, Merski I, Hosokawa T, Lascu D, Akerkar S, Cu?llar J, Chambers JJ, O'Connell R, Muruganandam G, Loris R, Touma C, Kanhema T, Hayashi Y, Stratton MM, Valpuesta JM, Kursula P, Martinez A, Bramham CR. Arc self-association and formation of virus-like capsids are mediated by an N-terminal helical coil motif. FEBS J. 2021 05; 288(9):2930-2955.
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Hendricks G, Sena-Esteves M, Gao G. Analysis of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) Sample Morphology Using Negative Staining and High-Resolution Electron Microscopy. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2020 08 03; 2020(8):095661.
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Koupenova M, Freedman JE. Platelets and Immunity: Going Viral. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020 07; 40(7):1605-1607.