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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Viruses and Viroids
  3. RNA viruses
  4. ssRNA viruses
  5. positive sense, single-stranded RNA viruses

Preferred term

positive sense, single-stranded RNA viruses

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information A group of RNA viruses whose positive single strand of viral RNA (5' to 3') contains the coding triplets, like mRNA, that can be directly translated into viral protein.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • positive-sense RNA viruses
  • single-stranded RNA viruses, positive sense
  • (+)ssRNA viruses

Source

  • International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/2

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