Medical Definition of Semliki forest virus

1. Enveloped virus of the alphavirus group of Togaviridae. First isolated from mosquitoes in the Semliki Forest in Uganda, not known to cause any illness. The synthesis and export of its three spike glycoproteins, via the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex, have been used as a model for the synthesis and export of plasma membrane proteins. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semliki Forest Virus

semitropical
semitropics
semitruck
semitrucks
semiurban
semivalent
semivertical heart
semivowel
semivowels
semiweeklies
semiweekly
semiwild
semiworks
semiyearly
semi pupa
Semliki forest virus (current term)
semmit
semmits
semnifical
Semnopithecus entellus
semolina
semolinas
Semon's law
Semon-Hering theory
Sempatch
semper
sempervive
sempervivum
sempervivum
sempervivums

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