How do you use Virion in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like particle, plus the exact meaning.
Virion meaning
A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell).
Synonyms of Virion
Using Virion
- The main meaning on this page is: A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell).
- Useful related words include: particle, subatomic particle.
- In the example corpus, virion often appears in combinations such as: the virion.
Context around Virion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Virion
- In this selection, "virion" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mediates, budded, forming, attachment, envelope and maturation stand out and add context to how "virion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cleavages during virion maturation to and former mediates virion attachment and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "virion" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with virion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Protein names and their copy numbers in the virion particle are shown. (12 words)
This hybrid virion then infects a new cell where it undergoes replication. (12 words)
It functions in proteolytic cleavages during virion maturation to make mature gag and pol proteins. (15 words)
The Gag (p55) and Gag-Pol (p160) polyproteins also associate with the inner surface of the plasma membrane along with the HIV genomic RNA as the forming virion begins to bud from the host cell. (35 words)
HIV-1 entry to macrophages and CD4 + T cells is mediated through interaction of the virion envelope glycoproteins (gp120) with the CD4 molecule on the target cells and also with chemokine coreceptors. (32 words)
Purified RNA of a negative-sense virus is not infectious by itself as it needs to be transcribed into positive-sense RNA; each virion can be transcribed to several positive-sense RNAs. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
The former mediates virion attachment and fusion with host cell membranes, while the latter is an enzyme that releases budding progeny virions from the that remain attached via the hemagglutinin binding.
HIV-1 entry to macrophages and CD4 + T cells is mediated through interaction of the virion envelope glycoproteins (gp120) with the CD4 molecule on the target cells and also with chemokine coreceptors.
However, it is still not entirely clear whether the L and M proteins are part of the virion.
It functions in proteolytic cleavages during virion maturation to make mature gag and pol proteins.
Protein names and their copy numbers in the virion particle are shown.
Purified RNA of a negative-sense virus is not infectious by itself as it needs to be transcribed into positive-sense RNA; each virion can be transcribed to several positive-sense RNAs.
The budded virion is still immature as the gag polyproteins still need to be cleaved into the actual matrix, capsid and nucleocapsid proteins.
The Gag (p55) and Gag-Pol (p160) polyproteins also associate with the inner surface of the plasma membrane along with the HIV genomic RNA as the forming virion begins to bud from the host cell.
The virion must assemble a stable, protective protein shell to protect the genome from lethal chemical and physical agents.
This hybrid virion then infects a new cell where it undergoes replication.
Common combinations with virion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: