- Virus
- Definition: Infectious particle consisting of nucleic acid (RNA or DNA) enclosed in a protein coat; replicates by parasitizing the reproductive machinery of a host cell, from which new virus particles ar released to infect other cells. Often the cause of disease. (Alberts:ECB:G-18.)
Relevant concepts: Organism
Relevant concepts: Suborganismal-Entity
Relevant concepts: DNA-Virus
Relevant concepts: Living-Group
Relevant concepts: Living-Entity
Relevant concepts: Viral-Nucleic-Acid
Relevant concepts: Protein-Coat