Cell Component
viral envelope
Subclass of:
Virion
Definitions related to viral envelope:
  • Bilayer lipid membrane acquired by VIRAL PARTICLES during VIRAL MORPHOGENESIS. Although the LIPIDS of the viral envelope are host derived, various virus-encoded INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS, i.e. VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS are incorporated there.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (virus envelope) Outermost layer of protein, lipid, and glycoconjugates surrounding the nucleocapsid of complex viruses.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The lipid bilayer of a virion that surrounds the protein capsid. May also contain glycoproteins.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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