Medical Definition of Coronaviridae
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Family of single stranded RNA viruses responsible for respiratory diseases. The outer envelope of the virus has club shaped projections that radiate outwards and give a charateristic corona appearance to negatively stained virions.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronaviridae
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