Definitions for virusoid
ˈvaɪ rəˌsɔɪdviru·soid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. viroid, virusoidnoun

   the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat

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1. virusoidnoun

   A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.

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1. Virusoid

   Virusoids are circular single-stranded RNA(s) dependent on viruses for replication and encapsidation. The genome of virusoids consist of several hundred (200–400) nucleotides and does not code for any proteins. Virusoids are essentially viroids that have been encapsulated by a helper virus coat protein. They are thus similar to viroids in their means of replication (rolling circle replication) and in their lack of genes, but they differ in that viroids do not possess a protein coat. Both virusoids and viroids encode a hammerhead ribozyme. Virusoids, while being studied in virology, are subviral particles rather than viruses. Since they depend on helper viruses, they are classified as satellites. Virusoids are listed in virological taxonomy as Satellites/Satellite nucleic acids/Subgroup 3: Circular satellite RNA(s).

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1. virusoid

   A virusoid is a subviral, plant pathogen that consists of a circular single-stranded RNA molecule. It doesn't encode proteins but relies on host plants or co-infecting viruses for replication. They are also known as satellite RNA due to their dependence on other viruses for survival and reproduction in host organisms.

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1. Virusoid

   Virusoids are circular single-stranded RNAs dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation. The genome of virusoids consist of several hundred nucleotides and does not code for any proteins. Virusoids are similar to viroids in size, structure and means of replication. Virusoids, while being studied in virology, are not considered as viruses but as subviral particles. Since they depend on helper viruses, they are classified as satellites. In the virological taxonomy they appear as Satellites/Satellite nucleic acids/Subgroup 3: Circular satellite RNAs. The term virusoid is also sometimes used more generally to refer to all satellites.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of virusoid in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of virusoid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Virusoid
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virusoid
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