virion

Also known as complete virus particle, viron

thumb|upright=1.5|Hepacivirus virion. The outer shell ([[capsid) of this virion consists of repeating simple faces, each built from three protein dimers.]]

Research

53,389 papers

Betaherpesvirus Virion Assembly and Egress.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2018
Quantifying multi-virion aerosols in respiratory infection transmission.Journal of hazardous materials · 2024
On the Sensitivity of the Virion Envelope to Lipid Peroxidation.Microbiology spectrum · 2022
Structural and Functional Hallmarks of Sindbis Virus Proteins: From Virion Architecture to Pathogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
Histone Modifications in Papillomavirus Virion Minichromosomes.mBio · 2021

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Article

7 sections

Contents

Components
Capsid
Tail
Spikes
Viral envelope
References
Sources

thumb|upright=1.5|Hepacivirus virion. The outer shell ([[capsid) of this virion consists of repeating simple faces, each built from three protein dimers.]]

A virion (plural, viria or virions) is an inert virus particle capable of invading a cell. Upon entering the cell, the virion disassembles and the genetic material from the virus takes control of the cell infrastructure, thus enabling the virus to replicate. The genetic material (core, either DNA or RNA, along with occasionally present virus core protein) inside the virion is usually enclosed in a protection shell, known as the capsid.