Virus
satellite virus
sat·el·lite vi·rus
Subclass of:
Defective Viruses
Definitions related to satellite viruses:
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(satellite virus) RNA molecules that depend on co-infection of a host cell with a helper virus for multiplication; most are associated with plant viruses.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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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.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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