Virus
alphacoronavirus
Subclass of:
Genus: Coronavirus
Definitions related to alphacoronavirus:
  • A genus of single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses in the family coronaviridae. The alphacoronavirus envelope contains glycoprotein trimers that project outward.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of the family CORONAVIRIDAE which causes respiratory or gastrointestinal disease in a variety of mammals. Human alphacoronaviruses include Human coronavirus 229E and NL63. All members share the identical core transcription regulatory sequences of 5'-CUAAAC-3' and most have 1 to 2 ORFs downstream to the N protein gene.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Alphacoronavirus genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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