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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D053586
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Preferred Name

Virus Internalization

Definitions
The entering of cells by viruses following VIRUS ATTACHMENT. This is achieved by ENDOCYTOSIS, by translocation of the whole virus across the cell membrane, by direct MEMBRANE FUSION of the viral membrane with the CELL MEMBRANE, or by fusion of the membrane of infected cells with the membrane of non-infected cells causing SYNCYTIA to be formed.
Synonyms
Virus Membrane Fusion
Membrane Fusion, Viral
Fusion, Viral Membrane
Internalization, Viral
Entry, Viral
Viral Entry
Viral Internalization
Viral Membrane Fusion
Internalization, Virus
Virus Entry
Entry, Virus
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