alphacoronavirus

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Etymology

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From the genus name.

Noun

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alphacoronavirus (plural alphacoronaviruses)

  1. Any coronavirus of the genus Alphacoronavirusws.
    • 2011 January, Cheng Huang, “Alphacoronavirus Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus nsp1 Protein Suppresses Protein Translation in Mammalian Cells and in Cell-Free HeLa Cell Extracts but Not in Rabbit Reticulocyte Lysate”, in Journal of Virology, volume 85, number 1, page 638:
      The nsp1 protein of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), an alphacoronavirus, efficiently suppressed protein synthesis in mammalian cells.
    • 2019, T Tsoleridis, “Shared common ancestry of rodent alphacoronaviruses sampled globally”, in Viruses, volume 11, page 125:
      The recent discovery of novel alphacoronaviruses (alpha-CoVs) in European and Asian rodents revealed that rodent coronaviruses (CoVs) sampled worldwide formed a discrete phylogenetic group within this genus.

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