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Viruses which lack a complete genome so that they cannot completely replicate or cannot form a protein coat. Some are host-dependent defectives, meaning they can replicate only in cell systems which provide the particular genetic function which they lack. Others, called SATELLITE VIRUSES, are able to replicate only when their genetic defect is complemented by a helper virus.
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- Defective Hybrids
- Incomplete Viruses
- Defective Hybrid
- Defective Virus
- Hybrid, Defective
- Hybrids, Defective
- Incomplete Virus
- Virus, Defective
- Virus, Incomplete
- Viruses, Defective
- Viruses, Incomplete
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.
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75; was DEFECTIVE VIRUS 1967-74 (Prov 1967-72); INCOMPLETE VIRUSES was INCOMPLETE VIRUS 1975-93
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- specific virus (1966)
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- National Library of Medicine. Defective Viruses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003673. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003673
- Defective Viruses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69388938