spiravirus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin spīra (“coil”) + virus, after the shape of the virion.
Noun[edit]
spiravirus (plural spiraviruses)
- Any virus of the family Spiraviridae.
- 2021 February 24, Encyclopedia of Virology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 43:
- With the exception of anelloviruses, bidnaviruses, spiraviruses, and some inoviruses, the replicative protein of ssDNA viruses is the so-called HUH endonuclease that cuts genomic DNA at a specific site and initiates rolling circle (or rolling hairpin) replication.