alphacoronavirus

See also: Alphacoronavirus

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

alphacoronavirus (plural alphacoronaviruses)

1. Any coronavirus of the genus Alphacoronavirus^ws.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• alphacoronaviral